Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BACTON

BACTON, a parish in the district and county of Hereford; near the Dore river, 4 miles NW of Pontrilas r. station, and 11 SW of Hereford. Post Town, Abbeydore under Hereford. Acres, 1,155. Real property, £1,172. Pop., 154. Houses, 28. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Hereford. Value, £129. Patron, F. Hamp, Esq. The church is good; and there are charities £30.


(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: Bacton AP/CP       Herefordshire AncC
Place: Bacton

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