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BICKENHALL, a parish in Taunton district, Somerset; near the Chard canal and the Chard and Taunton railway, 5 miles SE of Taunton. Post Town, Staple-Fitzpaine, under Taunton. Acres, 1,004. Real property, £1,475. Pop., 229. Houses, 44. The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory, united to the rectory of Staple-Fitzpaine, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Bickenhall CP/Ch Taunton RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
Place: | Bickenhall |
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