Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ORCHARD-PORTMAN

ORCHARD-PORTMAN, a parish in Taunton district, Somerset; 2 miles S S E of Taunton r. station. Post.town, Taunton. Acres, 635. Real property, £952. Pop., 66. Houses, 13. The property belongs to Lord Portman; and Orchard-Portman House is Lord P.'s seat. The parish is a meet for the Blackdown hounds. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, not reported. Patron, Lord Portman. The church is later English, in good condition; and consists of nave and chancel, with porch and tower. Charities, £10.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Orchard Portman CP/AP       Taunton RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Orchard Portman

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