Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dulverton

Dulverton, market town and par. with ry. sta., W. Somerset, on the Barle, 21 miles W. of Taunton and 184 miles SW. of London, 8337 ac., pop. 1373; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Saturday. The town is 2 miles N. of the sta. It is a favourite resort of anglers, and, in the autumn, of hunting men.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Dulverton AP/CP       Somerset AncC
Place: Dulverton

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