Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NORTHOVER

NORTHOVER, a parish, with a village, in Yeovil district, Somerset: on the river Yeo and the Fosse way, suburban to Ilchester. Post-town, Ilchester, under Taunton. Acres, 436. Rated property, £851. Pop., 122. Houses, 20. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to J. L. Burnard, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £123.* Patron, Miss Chichester. The church is old but good; and consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with porch and tower.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Northover CP/AP       Yeovil RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Northover

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