Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SOPWORTH

SOPWORTH, a parish in Malmsbury district, Wilts; 7 miles E by S of Wickwar r. station. Post town, Chippenham. Acres, 1,011. Real property, £1,685. Pop., 214. Houses, 49. The manor belongs to the Duke of Beaufort. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £265.* Patron, the Duke of Beanfort. 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: Sopworth CP/AP       Malmesbury RegD/PLU       Wiltshire AncC
Place: Sopworth

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