Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CURRY (North)

CURRY (North), a village, a tything, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred, in Somerset. The village stands near the river Tone and the Bridgewater and Taunton canal, 3 miles ESE of Durston r. station, and 6 ENE of Taunton; has a post office‡ under Taunton, and a fair on the first Tuesday of Sept.; and was formerly a market-town. The tything includes also the hamlet of Broadlane. The parish contains likewise the tythings of Knapp, Lillesdon and Wrantage. Acres, 5, 556. Real property, £13, 231. Pop., 1,839. Houses, 426. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged anciently to the Saxon kings; and belongs now to the Dean and Chapter of Wells. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £325.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Wells. The church is later English and in good condition. The vicarages of West Hatch and Stoke-St. Gregory are separate benefices. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, and a national school. -The sub-district contains eight parishes; and is in Taunton district. Acres, 17, 064. Pop., 5, 999. Houses, 1, 330. The hundred contains five parishes. Acres, 12, 790. Pop., 4, 276. Houses, 937.


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

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Feature Description: "a village, a tything, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: North Curry AP/CP       North Curry Hundred       North Curry SubD       Somerset AncC
Place names: CURRY     |     CURRY NORTH     |     NORTH CURRY
Place: North Curry

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