Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Monkton Farleigh

Monkton Farleigh, par. and vil., Wilts, 3½ miles NW. of Bradford on Avon, 1796 ac., pop. 412; P.O.; a priory was founded here in 1125; Monkton Farleigh House was built out of its materials, and occupies part of its site.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Monkton Farleigh AP/CP       Wiltshire AncC
Place: Monkton Farleigh

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