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LACKINGTON (WHITE), a village and a parish in Chard district, Somerset. The village stands near the Chard and Taunton railway, 1½ mile ENE of Ilminster. The parish contains also the hamlets of Atherstone, Silvinch, Hurcote, and Clangers-Hermitage. Post-town, Ilminster. Acres, 1,465. Real property, £2,931. Pop., 260. Houses, 54. The manor belongs to John L. Lee, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £250.* Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church is early English, and has a tower.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Whitelackington Parish Chard Poor Law Union/Registration District Somerset Ancient County |
| Place names: | LACKINGTON | LACKINGTON WHITE | WHITE LACKINGTON |
| Place: | Whitelackington |
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