A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
FARRINGTON-GURNEY, a parish in Clutton district, Somerset; near the line of projected railway from Bristol to Frome, 8 miles SW of Twerton r. station, and 8i NNE of Wells. It has a post office under Bristol. Acres, 923. Real property, £6, 294; of which £594 are in mines. Pop., 482. Houses, 113. The manor belonged formerly to the Gourneys, and belongs now to the duchy of Cornwall. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Stone - Easton, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church is good; and there is a Wesleyan ehapel.
(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: | Farrington Gurney Ch/CP Clutton RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Farrington Gurney |
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