A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
ODCOMBE, a village and a parish in Yeovil district, Somerset. The village stands near the London, Yeovil, and . Exeter railway, 3 miles W of Yeovil r. station. The parish contains also the hamlet of Houndstone; and its post town is Yeovil. Acres, 1, 276. Real property, £3, 539. Pop. in 1851, 713; in 1861, 652. Houses, 151. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to W. Phelips, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath an ells. Value, £641.* Patron, Christ Church, Oxford. The church is late perpendicular, in good condition; and consists of nave and chancel, with porch and tower. There are a British school, and charities £9. Hody, the theologian, was a native.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Odcombe AP/CP Yeovil RegD/PLU Somerset AncC |
| Place: | Odcombe |
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