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DILTON-MARSH, a chapelry in Westbury parish, Wilts; on the Westbury and Yeovil railway, adjacent to the boundary with Somerset, 2½ miles WSW of Westbury. It was constituted in 1845; is partly identical with Dilton chapelry; and has a post office under Westbury. Rated property, £5, 271. Pop., 1, 561. Houses, 380. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. The church is recent; and there are charities £93.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Dilton Marsh CP/Ch Westbury CP/AP Wiltshire AncC |
Place: | Dilton Marsh |
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