Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dunster

Dunster, market town and par. with ry. sta., W. Somerset, 5 miles W. of Watchet, 3455 ac. (585 water), pop. 1126; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Friday. In vicinity is Dunster Castle, built in the 16th century, on the site of an older work of the 11th century; 1 mile S. is Dunster Park.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "market town and parish with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Dunster Parish       Somerset Ancient County
Place: Dunster

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