Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHARLTON-MACKRELL

CHARLTON-MACKRELL, a parish in Langport district, Somerset; on the river Cary and the Fosse way, 3¼ miles N of Martock r. station, and 5¼ ENE of Langport. It includes the hamlets of Cary-Fitzpaine and Lytescary; and has a post office under Taunton. Acres, with Charlton-Adam, 3,910. Real property of C.-M. only, £2,637. Pop., 387. Houses, 77. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £499.* Patron, John Brymer, Esq. The church was recently restored. There are endowed schools with £45 a year, and charities £8.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Charlton Mackrell AP/CP       Langport RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Charlton Mackrell

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