A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
STOKE-UNDER-HAMDON, a parish, with East Stoke and West Stoke villages, in Yeovil district, Somerset; 2 miles S by E of Martock r. station, and 5½ WNW of Yeovil. It has a post-office under Ilminster, and a fair on 23 April. Acres, 1,330. Real property, £4,676; of which £90 are in quarries. Pop., 1,395. Houses, 294. The manor belongs to the Duchy of Cornwall. Hamdon Hill, on the boundary, is separately noticed. Glove-making is carried on. Remains exist of Roman entrenchments. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £104. Patron, T. Hawkesworth, Esq. The church is in mixed architecture and cruciform. There are an Independent chapel and a Wesleyan chapel; and the former was built in 1866, and is in the decorated style, with tower and spire.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with East Stoke and West Stoke villages" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Stoke Sub Hamdon AP/CP Yeovil RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Stoke Sub Hamdon |
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