A vision of Britain through time
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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.
LAVERTON, a village and a parish in Frome district, Somerset. The village stands near the boundary with Wilts, 3 miles N by E of Frome r. station. The parish includes the tything of Peart; and its post town is Beckington, under Bath. Acres, 1, 034. Real property, £1, 678. Pop., 164. Houses, 39. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duchy of Cornwall. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church is ancient but good, without a tower. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Laverton AP/CP Frome RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Laverton |
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