Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THORNE-FALCON

THORNE-FALCON, a parish in Taunton district, Somerset; 3¾ miles E of Taunton r. station. Post town, Taunton. Acres, 814. Real property, £1,635. Pop, 196. Houses, 42. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £296.* Patron, J. Batten, Esq. The church is ancient but 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: Thorn Falcon CP/AP       Taunton RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Thorn Falcon

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