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CHINNOCK (East), a parish in Yeovil district, Somerset; on the Yeovil and Exeter railway, near Sutton-Bingham station, 4 miles WSW of Yeovil. It has a post office under Yeovil. Acres, 1, 320. Real property, £2, 945. Pop., 552. Houses, 122. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £140.* Patron, the lord Chancellor. The church is good; and there is an endowed school.
(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: | East Chinnock Parish Yeovil Poor Law Union/Registration District Somerset Ancient County |
| Place names: | CHINNOCK | CHINNOCK EAST | EAST CHINNOCK |
| Place: | East Chinnock |
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