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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.
PAULTON, a village and a parish in Clutton district, Somerset. The village stands on an affluent of the river Avon, 3 miles N W of Radstock r. station, and 10 S W of Bath; and has a post-office‡ under Bristol, and two goodinns. The parish comprises 1,056 acres. Real property, £5, 149; of which £454 are in mines. Pop., 1, 958. Houses, 439. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Mrs. L. Carter. There are malt-houses, an iron-foundry, two collieries, and several quarries. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £172.* Patron, the Vicar of Chewton-Mendip. The church is early English, in good condition; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. There are chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and United Free Methodists, a national school, and a Wesleyanschool.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Paulton CP/Ch Clutton RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Paulton |
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