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.
DITCHEAT, a tything and a parish in Shepton-Mallet district, Somerset. The tything lies on the Fosse way, near the river Brue, 2 miles NNW of Castle-Cary r. station, and 5 S by E of Shepton-Mallet; and has a post office under Bath. Real property, £6, 299. The parish includes also the tythings of Allhampton and Lottisham, and the hamlet of Wraxhall. Acres, 4, 511 . Real property, £11, 084. Pop., 1, 218. Houses, 273. The property is much subdivided. Ditcheat House is the seat of M. Hayward, Esq. Some of the people are employed in silk mills. A farmer here, in the latter part of last century, born without arms, performed nearly all kinds of work with his feet which other men do with their hands. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £775.* Patron, the Rev. W. Leir. The church is early English; and consists of nave, aisles, and transept, with porch and tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a free school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a tything and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Ditcheat CP/AP Shepton Mallet RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Ditcheat |
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