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NEWPORT, a quondam borough, now a small hamlet, in Wrantage tything, North Curry parish, Somerset; near the Chard canal, 5½ miles E S E of Taunton.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a quondam borough, now a small hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | North Curry AP/CP Newport Borough Somerset AncC |
Place: | Newport |
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