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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.
BUTLEIGH, a parish in Wells district, Somerset; on the river Brue, 4 miles SSE of Glastonbury r. station. It includes the hamlet of Butleigh-Wootton; and has a post office under Glastonbury. Acres, 4,467. Real property, £8,139. Pop., 1,038. Houses, 212. The property is divided among a few. Butleigh Court is the seat of R. Neville Grenville, Esq.; was recently rebuilt in part, from designs by Buckler; has a saloon 45 feet by 25; and contains some fine portraits. Butleigh Hill is prominent; and blue lias is found. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Baltonsborough, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £380.* Patron, R. Neville Grenville, Esq. The church is decorated English; and was restored in 1851, and enlarged in 1859. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £25.
(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: | Butleigh AP/CP Wells RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Butleigh |
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