Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for PRESTON-PLUCKNETT

PRESTON-PLUCKNETT, a village and a parish in Yeovil district, Somerset. The village stands 1 mile N N E of Yeovil r. station; and has a post-office, of the name of Preston, under Yeovil. The parish comprises 790 acres. Real property, £2, 409. Pop., 363. Houses, 73. Most of the property belongs to LadyJ. Fane and R. Tucker, Esq. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Yeovil, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church is early English, and has a tower. Charities, £7.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Preston Plucknett CP/Ch       Yeovil RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place names: PRESTON     |     PRESTON PLUCKNETT
Place: Preston Plucknett

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