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Quantoxhead, East, coast par. and vil., Somerset, 4½ miles E. of Watchet, 2582 ac. (280 water), pop. 238; Miss Biffen (1794-1850), the miniature-painter, born without hands or arms, was a native.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "coastal parish and village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | East Quantoxhead AP/CP Somerset AncC |
Place names: | EAST QUANTOXHEAD | QUANTOXHEAD | QUANTOXHEAD EAST |
Place: | East Quantoxhead |
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