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  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  BATH and WELLS	Somerset	South Brayton, Wayford, White-Staunton, and Winsham; the vicarages of Ashill, Chard, Combe-St. Nicholas, Curry-Rivell, Fivehead, Ilminster, Ilton, Isle-Abbots, Isle Brewers, Kingsbury-Episcopi, White-Lackington, Meriott, Misterton, South Petherton, and Swell; and the p. curacies of Barrington, Broadway, Tatworth, Chillington, Crewkerne, Cudworth, Courland, Dinnington, Hambridge, Kingstone, Knowle, Lopen, and Seavington-St. Mary. The deanery of Dunster contains the rectories of Brompton-Ralph, Brushford, Chipstable, Clatworthy, Elworthy, Exford, Exton, Hawkridge, Huish-Champ-flower, Kitnor, Luckham, Monksilver, Nettlecombe, Oare, Porlock, West Quantoxhead, Raddington, Sampford-Brett, Selworthy, Skilgate, Stock-Pero, Tolland, Treborough, Withycombe, and Wootton	Imperial
  CANTERBURY	Kent Surrey	Wootton; the vicarages of Elham, Brabourne, Elmsted, and Postling; and the p. curacies of Horton, Standford, Paddlesworth, and Hythe. The deaneries of North and South	Imperial
  CRICKLADE	Wiltshire	south aisles, and chancel, with low ivy-clad tower: and has a sculptured cross in the churchyard. Markets are held on Saturdays; and fairs on 21 March, the second Thursday of April, 15 Aug., 21 Sept., 11 Oct., and 8 Dec. The town is a borough by prescription; and has sent two members to parliament since the time of Henry VI. Its borough limits were so vastly extended in 1782, for punishment and prevention of bribery, as to make it practically but the centre of a representative district, with Swindon and Brinkworth for other polling-places: and they were	Imperial
  DORCHESTER	Dorset	DORCHESTER , a town, three parishes, a sub-district, a district, and a division in Dorset. The town stands on the	Imperial
  DOVER	Kent	DOVER , a town and a district in Kent. The town stands on the coast, under chalk cliffs, at the mouth	Imperial
  ELY	Cambridgeshire	ELY , a city and several territorial tracts in Cambridgeshire; and a diocese in the counties of Cambridge, Bedford, Huntingdon, Norfolk	Imperial
  FREEBRIDGE-LYNN	Norfolk	Wootton, South Wootton, and Gaywood. Acres, 78, 775. Poor-rates in 1862, £8, 618. Pop. in 1851, 13, 557; in 1861, 13, 486. Houses	Imperial
  GLANFORD-BRIGG, Glanford-Bridge, or Brigg	Lincolnshire	Wootton, Ulceby, Killingholme, East Halton, Thornton-Curtis, Goxhill, Barrow-upon-Humber, South Ferriby, Horkstow, Saxby, and Bonby. Acres, 165, 470. Poor	Imperial
  GLOUCESTER	Gloucestershire	Wootton is there, containing some of the public buildings, and subjected, in 1861, to a new extension; and another suburb, called California, entirely modern, and forming of itself a little town, is on the south	Imperial
  HINKSEY (SOUTH)	Berkshire	SOUTH) , a village and a parish in Abingdon district, Berks. The village stands near the Oxford railway, 1 mile SW of Oxford. The parish comprises 550 acres. Real property, £2, 390. Pop. in 1851, 300; in 1861, 636. Houses, 133. The increase of pop. was caused by the opening of the Oxford station on the Great Western railway. A new village, called New Hinksey, then arose, ½ a mile distant from the old one; and has a post office under Oxford. The property is subdivided. The Happy Valley, near the old village, affords a charming walk; and was much	Imperial
  LINCOLN	Lincolnshire Nottinghamshire	South Willingham; the vicarages of Bardney, Bourgh-on-Bain, Hamton, Kirmond-le-Mire, Langton-by-Wragby, Legsby, Lissington, Ludford-Magna, Wragby, Sixhills, Stainton-by-Langworth, and West Torrington; the p. curacies of Apley, Bullington, and Stainfield; and the donative of Goltho. The deanery of Yarborough-first contains the rectories of Croxton, South Ferriby, and Saxby; the vicarages of Barnetby-le-Wold, Barrow-upon-Humber, Barton-upon-Humber-St. Mary, Bonby, Elsham, Goxhill, East Halton-on-Humber, Horkstow, Killingholme, Harburgh, Kirmington, Thornton-Curtis, Ulceby, Wootton	Imperial
  OXFORDSHIRE, Oxford, or Oxon	Oxfordshire	OXFORDSHIRE , Oxford, or Oxon, an inland county, chiefly within the basin of the Thames. It is bounded, on the N	Imperial
  SOUTH WALES AND GREAT WESTERN DIRECT RAILWAY	Gloucestershire Monmouthshire Wiltshire	SOUTH WALES AND GREAT WESTERN DIRECT RAILWAY , a railway in Monmouth, Gloucester, and Wilts; from the South Wales line and Chepstow, east-by-southward, to the Great Western at Wootton	Imperial
  South Wootton	Norfolk	South Wootton , 2½ miles NE. of Kings Lynn, Norfolk; P.O. See WOOTTON, SOUTH.	Bartholomew
  WOOTTON	Berkshire	WOOTTON , a parish in Abingdon district, Berks; 3¼ miles NNW of Abingdon r. station. Post town, Abingdon. Acres, returned with Cumnor. Real property, £2,294. Pop., 384. Houses, 81. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, annexed to South	Imperial
  WOOTTON (North)	Norfolk	WOOTTON (North) , a parish, with a village, in Freebridge-Lynn district, Norfolk; adjacent to Wootton r. station, and 3¼ miles N by E of Lynn. Post town, South	Imperial
  Wootton, South	Norfolk	Wootton, South , par., Norfolk - par., 1369 ac. land and 505 water, pop. 179; vil., 2½ miles NE. of Kings	Bartholomew
  WOOTTON (South)	Norfolk	WOOTTON (South) , a parish in Freebridge-Lynn district, Norfolk; 1¼ mile from North Wootton r. station, and 2½ NNE of Lynn	Imperial

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