Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TRULL

TRULL, a parish, with a village, in Taunton district, Somerset; 2½ miles SSW of Taunton r. station. It has a post-office under Taunton. Acres, 2,233. Real property, £5,238. Pop., 779. Houses, 108. The manor belongs to R. Mattock, Esq. Gatchell House, Higher Gatchell, Chillis Wood, Wildoak House, and Southwick House are chief residences. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £131.* Patron, F. W. Newton, Esq. The church is ancient. There are a Wesleyan collegiate institution, and a national school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Trull AP/CP       Taunton RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Trull

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