Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Alford

Alford, par., vil., and seat, mid. Somerset, on river Brue, 8 miles SE. of Glastonbury, 722 ac., pop. 95; P.O.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, village, and seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Alford Parish       Somerset Ancient County
Place: Alford

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