Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MISTERTON

MISTERTON, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in the district of Beaminster and county of Somerset. The village stands near the Yeovil and Exeter railway, 1 mile N of the boundary with Dorset, and 1½ SE of Crewkerne; and has a post office under Crewkerne. The parish comprises 1,417 acres. Real property, £2,923. Pop., 588. Houses, 118. The property is much subdivided. The Manor House is the Seat of W.Lambert, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £196. * Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Winchester. The church is plain but good; and consists of nave and chancel, with bell-turret. Charities, £39.—The sub-district contains also another parish in Somerset, and three in Dorset. Acres, 5,180. Pop., 1,630. Houses, 336.


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

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Feature Description: "a village, a parish, and a sub-district"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Misterton AP/CP       Misterton SubD       Somerset AncC
Place: Misterton

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