Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WAYFORD

WAYFORD, a parish in Chard district, Somerset; 2½ miles SW of Crewkerne r. station. Post town, Crewkerne. Acres, 1,618. Real property, £2,353. Pop., 191. Houses, 36. The manor belongs to J. A. Pinney, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £180.* Patron, J. Alexander, Esq. The church is good. Charities, £15.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wayford CP/AP       Chard RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Wayford

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