Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CLOFORD

CLOFORD, a parish in Frome district, Somerset; 2 miles NW of Witham r. station, and 4 SW of Frome. Post town, Witham-Friary, under Frome. Acres, 2, 243. Real property, £2, 589. Pop., 218. Houses, 52. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £74. Patron, the Rev. J. S. H. Horner. The church is Norman, and was recently restored. Charities, £46.


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

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

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