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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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MIDDLEZOY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Bridgewater district, Somerset. The village stands on a rising-ground, about 2 miles from the river Parrct, 4 N of Athelney r. station, and 6 SE of Bridgewater; and has a post office under Bridgewater. The parish contains also the hamlets of Long-Acre and Thorngrove. Acres, 2,520. Real property, £5,787. Pop., 725. Houses, 153. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to K. M. King, Esq. Moorland House is the seat of T. Perratt, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £138.* Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church is chiefly later English, in fair condition; has a very fine tower; and comprises nave, S aisle, transept, porch, and chancel. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.—The sub-district contains also three other parishes, and small parts of two others. Pop., 2,737. Houses, 599.
(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: | Middlezoy AP/CP Middlezoy SubD Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Middlezoy |
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