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COMPTON-DANDO, a parish in Keynsham district, Somerset; on Wans dyke and an affluent of the river Avon, 2 miles E by N of Pensford, and 3 SSW of Saltford r. station. It includes Tucking-Mills hamlet and part of Woolard; and its post town is Pensford under Bristol. Acres, 1, 974. Real property, £3, 081. Pop., 347. Houses, 77. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £180.* Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church has a square lower, and is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities £75.
(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: | Compton Dando CP/AP Keynsham RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
Place: | Compton Dando |
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