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.
HALSTOCK, a village and a parish in Beaminster district, and a liberty in Bridport division, Dorset. The village stands near the boundary with Somerset, 5½ miles SSW of Yeovil r. station, and 6 NE by N of Beaminster; and it has a post office under Yeovil. The parish comprises 3, 181 acres. Real property, with Benville, Chelborongh, and Corscombe, £12, 104. Rated property of H. alone, £, 676. Pop., 532. Houses, 117. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Lord Abinger. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £200. Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. The church was rebuilt in 1 846, and has a tower. Charities, £10. The liberty is conterminate with the parish.
(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: | Halstock CP/AP Beaminster RegD/PLU Dorset AncC |
| Place: | Halstock |
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