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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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MERRIOTT, a village and a parish in Chard district, Somerset. The village stands 2 miles N of Crewkerne r. station, and has a post office under Taunton. The parish comprises 1,693 acres. Real property, £7,385. Pop., 1,413. Houses, 294. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to J. R. Rodbard and E. Rodbard, Esqs. Canvas works adjoin the parish, and employ about 200 of its inhabitants. The living is a cicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £397.,* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church is early and later English; was restored and enlarged in 1861; and consists of nave, aisles, and triple chancel, with porch and tower. There are chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, and Plymouth Brethren, an endowed national school with £9 a year, and charities £11.
(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: | Merriott CP/AP Chard RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Merriott |
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