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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.
CUCKLINGTON, a village and a parish in Wincanton district, Somerset. The village stands near the boundary with Dorset, 2 miles N of Templecombe r. station, and 3 E by S of Wincauton; and was once a market-town. The parish includes also the hamlet of Clapton-Forms; and its post town is Templecombe, under Bath. Acres, 2, 865. Real property, with Stoke and Bayford, £5, 646. Pop., 280. Houses, 66. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Stoke-Trister and the p. curacy of Bayford, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £609.* Patron, W. Phelips, Esq. The church is early English; consists of nave, aisles, transept, and chancel, with tower and spire; and is good. Charities £29.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Cucklington CP/AP Wincanton RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Cucklington |
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