A vision of Britain through time
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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.
OTTERFORD, a village and a parish in Taunton district, Somerset. The village stands under the Black Down hills, near the boundary with Devon, and near the source of the river Otter, 7 miles S of Taunton r. station, and 7 N W of Chard; and has a fair on the last Wednesday of Oct. The parish contains also the hamlet of Bishops-Wood; and its post town is Chard. Acres, 2, 387. Real property, £2, 265. Pop., 476. Houses, 102. The manor belongs to W. Beadon, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells Value, £87. Patron, A. Porter, Esq. The church is early English; and consists of nave, aisles, transept, and chancel, with a tower. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Otterford CP/AP Taunton RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Otterford |
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