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COLEFORD, a small town and a chapelry in Kilmersdon parish, Somerset. The town stands near three large new collieries, 6 miles NW of Frome r. station; is a rising place; has a post office under Bath, a church, and two Methodist chapels; and publishes a weekly newspaper. The chapelry w as constituted in 1843. Pop., 1, 387. Houses, 315. The living is a p. curacy in the dio. of Bath And Wells. Value, £120.* Patron, the Vicar of Kilmersdon.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a small town" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Kilmersdon Parish Somerset Ancient County |
| Place: | Coleford |
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