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WOOTTON (North), a parish, with a village, in Wells district, Somerset; 3½ miles SSE of Wells r. station. It has a post-office under Shepton-Mallet. Acres, 1,536. Real property, £3,135. Pop., 322. Houses, 73. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage, with Worminster chapelry, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £300.* Patron, the Vicar of Pilton. The church was recently restored. There are a Baptist chapel, an endowed national school, and charities £3.
(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: | North Wootton Parish Wells Poor Law Union/Registration District Somerset Ancient County |
| Place names: | NORTH WOOTTON | WOOTTON | WOOTTON NORTH |
| Place: | North Wootton |
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