Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CRICKET-MALHERBIE

CRICKET-MALHERBIE, a parish in Chard district, Somerset; near the Chard canal, and the line of the Chard and Taunton railway, 3½ miles NE of Chard. It has a post office under Chard. Acres, 540. Real property, £754. Pop., 21. Houses, 5. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £80. Patron, Elizabeth Pitt. The church consists of nave, chancel, aisles, and porch, with tower and spire: contains a brass of the Pitts; and is good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Cricket Malherbie AP/CP       Chard RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Cricket Malherbie

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