A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
BAGBOROUGH (West), a parish in Taunton district, Somerset; in a pleasant hilly tract, on the Taunton and Watchet railway, between Bishops-Lydeard and Crowcombe-Heathfield stations, 8 miles NW of Taunton. It as a post office, of the name of Bagborough, under Taunton; and a fair on 23 May. Acres, 1,972. Real property, £3,017. Pop., 495. Houses, 97. The property is divided among a few. Bagborough House is the seat of the Popham family. The living is a rectory in he diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £550.* Patron, dam Clarke, Esq. The church is good.
(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: | West Bagborough CP/AP Taunton RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place names: | BAGBOROUGH | BAGBOROUGH WEST | WEST BAGBOROUGH |
| Place: | West Bagborough |
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