Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STOKE-TRISTER

STOKE-TRISTER, a parish in Wincanton district, Somerset; 2¼ miles E of Wincanton r. station. It contains Bayford hamlet, which has a post-office under Bath. Acres, 1,090. Real property, with Cucklington, £5,646. Pop., 395. Houses, 102. Bayford Lodge is the seat of Capt. R. Phelips. The living is a rectory, annexed to Cucklington. The church is modern. Charities, £5. .


(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: Stoke Trister AP/CP       Wincanton RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Stoke Trister

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