A vision of Britain through time
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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.
WINSHAM, a parish, with a village, in Chard district, Somerset; 2½ miles ENE of Chard-Road r. station. It has a post-office under Chard, and a fair on Whit-Wednesday. Acres, 2,953. Real property, £5,211. Pop., 1,033. Houses, 204. The manor belongs to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £287.* Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church is early English and good. There are an Independent chapel and a slightly endowed national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Winsham AP/CP Chard RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Winsham |
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