Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THURLOXTON

THURLOXTON, a parish in Bridgewater district, Somerset; 2¼ miles W by N of Durston Junction r. station, and 4½ SSW of Bridgewater. Post town, North Petherton, under Bridgewater. Acres, 551. Real property, £1,587. Pop., 207. Houses, 41. The manor belongs to Lord Portman. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £170. Patron, Lord Portman. The church is ancient.


(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: Thurloxton CP/AP       Somerset AncC
Place: Thurloxton

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