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.
HORNBLOTTON, a parish in Shepton-Mallet district, Somerset; on the Fosse way, near the Mid-Somerset railway, 4½ miles WNW of Castle-Cary. Post town, Castle-Cary, under Bath. Acres, 1, 082. Real property, £1, 562. Pop., 93. Houses, 20. The manor belongs to the Rev. John G. D. Thring. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Alford, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church is early English, and has a wooden tower and a Norman font.
(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: | Hornblotton AP/CP Shepton Mallet RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Hornblotton |
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