Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BRUSHFORD

BRUSHFORD, a parish in the district of Tiverton and county of Somerset; on the river Exe, 1½ mile S of Dulverton, and 8 NW by N of Tiverton r. station. Post Town, Dulverton, under Tiverton. Acres, 2,759. Real property, £2,429. Pop., 328. Houses, 64. The living is a rectory in the dio. of Bath and Wells. Value, £384.* Patron, Earl Carnarvon. The church is good. There are a Wesleyan chapel and an endowed school.


(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: Brushford AP/CP       Somerset AncC
Place: Brushford

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