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COMBE-FLOREY, a parish in Taunton district, Somerset; adjacent to the Taunton and Watchet railway, near Bishops-Lydeard station, 5 miles NE of Wivelis-Combe. Post town, Bishops-Lydeard, under Taunton. Acres, 1, 369. Real property, £2, 584. Pop., 383. Houses, 73. Combe House is the seat of the Perrings. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £263. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is neat, and has a tower. Sydney Smith was rector.
(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: | Combe Florey AP/CP Taunton RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
Place: | Combe Florey |
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