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.
HUNTSPILL (EAST), a village and a chapelry in Huntspill parish, Somerset. The village stands on the river Brue and the Highbridge and Glastonbury railway, 4 miles E of Highbridge, and 7 NNE of Bridgewater. The chapelry was constituted in 18 45; is sometimes called All Saints; and has, at Bason-Bridge, a station on the railway, and a post office under Bridgewater. Pop., 678. Houses, 136. The land is chiefly in pasture, and is divided principally among six owners. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and wells. Value, £130.* Patron, the Rector of Huntspill. The church was built in 1840; is in the Norman style; and consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with bell turret. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Huntspill AP/CP Somerset AncC |
| Place names: | ALL SAINTS | EAST HUNTSPILL | HUNTSPILL | HUNTSPILL EAST |
| Place: | East Huntspill |
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