Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STOKE-ST. GREGORY

STOKE-ST. GREGORY, a parish, with a village, in Taunton district, Somerset; between the rivers Tone and Parret, 1½ mile SSW of Athelney r. station, and 4½ W of Langport. It has a post-office under Taunton. Acres, 3,790. Rated property, £5,360. Pop. in 1851, 1,477; in 1861, 1,617. Houses, 334. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £120.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Wells. The church is later English, with tower and spire. There are a Bible Christian chapel and a national school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stoke St Gregory Ch/CP       Taunton RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Stoke St Gregory

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