A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
DOWNHEAD, a parish in Shepton-Mallet district, Somerset; 2¾ miles NE of Cranmore r. station, and 5 ENE of Shepton-Mallet. Post town, Leigh-on-Mendip, under Frome. Acres, 1, 525. Real property, £1, 416. Pop., 249. Houses, 48. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Doulting, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church is later English.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Downhead Ch/CP Shepton Mallet RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Downhead |
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