Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHERITON (North)

CHERITON (North), a parish in Wincanton district, Somerset; 3 miles SW of Wincanton, and 2½ NNW of Templecombe r. station. Post town, Horsington, under Bath. Acres, 1, 088. Real property, with Horsington, £8, 872. Pop., 302. Houses, 60. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £200. 8 Patron, the Rev. T. Gatehouse. The church is good. Charities, £8.


(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: North Cheriton CP/AP       Wincanton RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place names: CHERITON     |     CHERITON NORTH     |     NORTH CHERITON
Place: North Cheriton

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