Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for FARMBOROUGH

FARMBOROUGH, a parish in Clutton district, Somerset; 4¾ miles SW of Twerton r. station, and 6½ SW by W of Bath. It has a post office under Bath. Acres, 1, 494. Real property, £4, 313. Pop., 965. Houses, 225. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Wells. Value, £420.* Patron, the Rev. Dr. Lord. The church is old but good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Farmborough AP/CP       Clutton RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Farmborough

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