Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BICKENHALL

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))

Linked entities:
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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