Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ford Abbey

Ford Abbey, seat (1136), on NW. border of Dorset, on river Axe, 4 miles SE. of Chard; is one of the finest monastic structures in England.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Dorset AncC
Place: Ford Abbey

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