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CLAPTON, a parish in Bedminster district, Somerset; on the Taunton canal, 3½ miles NNW of Bourton r. station, and 7½ W of Bristol. Post town, Portbury, under Bristol. Acres, 1, 066. Real property, £2, 145. Pop., 173. Houses, 27. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £250. Patron, Walter Bernard, Esq. The church is early English, with a Norman tower.
(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: | Clapton Parish Long Ashton Poor Law Union/Registration District Somerset Ancient County |
| Place: | Clapton |
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