Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LUFTON

LUFTON, a parish in Yeovil district, Somerset; 3 miles NW by W of Yeovil town and r. station. Post town, Yeovil. Acres, 292. Pop., 31. Houses, 5. The manor belongs to J. Farquharson, Esq. The liv ing is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £107.* Patron, E. Newman, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1866.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Lufton Parish       Yeovil Poor Law Union/Registration District       Somerset Ancient County
Place: Lufton

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