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Place name County Entry Source ALLER Somerset Durston and Yeovil railway, 2½ miles N of Langport; and has a post office under Taunton. This is said Imperial ASH Somerset Durston and Yeovil railway, 3 miles Sw of Ilchester. Pop., 322. The chapelry includes the hamlet, and was constituted in 1845. Post Imperial ASHINGTON Somerset Durston and Yeovil railway, 3½ miles N of Yeovil. Post Town, Ilchester under Taunton. Acres, 554. Real property, with Imperial ATHELNEY Somerset Durston and Yeovil branch of the Bristol and Exeter railway, 4½ miles WNW of Langport. The quondam island is a rising Imperial BATH and WELLS Somerset Durston. The deanery of Crewkerne contains the rectories of Beercrocome, Buckland-St.Mary, Chaffcombe, Cricket-Malherby, Cricket-St. Thomas, Curry-Mallet, Donyatt Imperial BEER-CROCOMBE Somerset Durston r. station. Post Town, Isle-Abbots, under Taunton. Acres, 871. Real property, £1,534. Pop., 175. Houses, 32. The property Imperial Buckland Sororum Somerset Buckland Sororum , hamlet, Durston par., W. Somerset, 4½ miles W. of Taunton. Bartholomew BUCKLAND-SORORUM, or B. Minchin Somerset Durston parish, Somerset; 4½ miles W of Taunton. A house of regular canons was founded here, in 1167, by William Imperial CHILTHORNE-DOMER Somerset Durston railway, 3¼ miles NW of Yeovil. Post town, Ilchester, under Taunton. Acres, 1, 392. Real property, £2, 658. Pop., 242. Houses Imperial COKER (West) Somerset Durston and Exeter, 3 miles W by S of Yeovil. It has a post office under Yeovil. Acres, 1, 299. Real Imperial CURRY (North) Somerset Durston r. station, and 6 ENE of Taunton; has a post office‡ under Taunton, and a fair on the first Imperial CURRY-RIVELL Somerset Durston and Yeovil railway, 2 miles WSW of Langport; and has a post office under Taunton, and fairs on the last Imperial DRAYTON Somerset Durston and Yeovil railway, 1½ mile SW of Langport. It includes the tything of Middleney, the hamlet of Westover Imperial Durston Somerset Durston , par. and hamlet with ry. sta., W. Somerset, 6 miles S. of Bridgwater, 1022 ac., pop. 222; P.O. Bartholomew DURSTON Somerset DURSTON , a parish in Taunton district, Somerset; on the Bristol and Exeter railway, near the Bridge-water and Taunton canal Imperial LING, or LYNG Somerset Durston and Athelney stations of the Bridgewater and Yeovil railway, 6 miles SSE of Bridgewater; and has a postoffice under Imperial MARTOCK Somerset Durston and Yeovil branch of the Bristol and Exeter railway, 6½ miles NW by W of Yeovil; was once Imperial THURLOXTON Somerset Durston Junction r. station, and 4½ SSW of Bridgewater. Post town, North Petherton, under Bridgewater. Acres, 551. Real property Imperial
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