Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOLTON

HOLTON, a village and a parish in Wincanton district, Somerset. The village stands 2½ miles SW of Wincanton r. station; and has a post office under Bath. -The parish comprises 491 acres. Real property, with Maperton and Clapton, £4, 265; of which £188 are in quarries. Rated property of H. alone, £1, 073. Pop., 208. Houses, 50. The property is subdivided. The manor and much of the land belong to Messrs. Plucknett. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £110. Patron, the Rev.Plucknett. The church is good, in mixed pointed style; and consists of nave and chancel, with porch and tower.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Holton AP/CP       Wincanton RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Holton

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