Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for THURLBEAR

THURLBEAR, a parish in Taunton district, Somerset; 3¾ miles SE of Taunton r. station. Post town, Taunton. Acres, 949. Real property, £1,021. Pop., 192. Houses, 34. The manor belongs to Lord Portman. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £136.* Patron, Lord Portman. The church is Norman.


(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: Thurlbear Ch/CP       Taunton RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Thurlbear

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