A vision of Britain through time
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
COMPTON (Nether), a parish in Sherborne district, Dorset; at the boundary with Wilts, 2½ miles N of Yeovil Junction r. station, and 2½ W by N of Sherborne. It has a post office, of the name of Compton, under Sherborne. Acres, 892. Real property, £3, 155. Pop., 376. Houses, 86. The property is divided among a few The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Over Compton, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £300. Patron, John Goodden, Esq. The church is tolerable; and there are charities £9.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Nether Compton CP/AP Sherborne RegD/PLU Dorset AncC |
| Place names: | COMPTON | COMPTON NETHER | NETHER COMPTON |
| Place: | Nether Compton |
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