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WOOLAVINGTON, a parish, with a village, in Bridgewater district, Somerset; 2¾ miles WSW of Edington r. station, and 4½ NW of Bridgewater. Post town, Bridgewater. Acres, 1,725. Real property, £4,640. Pop., 415. Houses, 90. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united with Puriton, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £361.* Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church is good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
(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: | Woolavington Parish Somerset Ancient County |
| Place: | Woolavington |
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