Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHINNOCK (West)

CHINNOCK (West), a parish in Yeovil district, Somerset; on the river Parret, near the Yeovil and Exeter railway, 3 miles NW by W of Crewkerne. It has a post office under Ilminster. Acres, 642. Real property, with Middle Chinnock, £3, 514. Pop., 553. Houses, 120. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Chiselborough, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church is early English.


(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: West Chinnock Ch/CP       West Chinnock CP       Yeovil RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place names: CHINNOCK     |     CHINNOCK WEST     |     WEST CHINNOCK
Place: West Chinnock

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