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WOOTTON-COURTNEY, a parish, with a village, in Williton district, Somerset; 10 miles W of Williton r. station. Post town, Dunster, under Taunton. Acres, 3,145. Real property, £2,291. Pop., 378. Houses, 73. The manor belonged anciently to the Courtneys, and belongs now to the Hon. R. H. Dutton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £386.* Patron, Eton College. The church was restored in 1867. Charities, £38.
(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: | Wootton Courtenay Parish Williton Poor Law Union/Registration District Somerset Ancient County |
| Place: | Wootton Courtenay |
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