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CAMEL (West), a parish in Yeovil district, Somerset; on the river Yeo, 2 miles NW of Marston r. station, and 4 ENE of Ilchester. It includes the hamlets of Downhead, Sterthill, and Urgashay; and its Post Town is Queen-Camel under Taunton. Acres, 1,953. Real property, £3,443. Pop., 338. Houses, 72. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £275.* Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church is good.
(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: | West Camel CP/AP Yeovil RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
Place names: | CAMEL | CAMEL WEST | WEST CAMEL |
Place: | West Camel |
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