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WRITHLINGTON, a parish, with a village, in Frome district, Somerset: 1 mile ENE of Radstock railway station. Post town, Radstock, under Bath. Acres, 772. Real property, £4,363; of which £3,000 are in mines. Pop., 367. Houses, 65. The manor belongs to B. Naish, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £166.* Patron, the Prebendary of Writhlington. The church is ancient. There is a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Writhlington Parish Frome Poor Law Union/Registration District Somerset Ancient County |
| Place: | Writhlington |
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