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BULFORD, a parish in Amesbury district, Wilts: on the river Avon, 2 miles NNE of Amesbury, and 4¾ N by W of Porton r. station. Post Town, Amesbury, under Salisbury. Acres, 3,475. Real property, with Durrington and Milston, £7,235. Pop., 383. Houses, 78. Bulford House is a chief residence. Some Druidical stones occur; and an earthwork, supposed to represent an ancient British village, is adjacent within Durrington. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £75. Patron, Dr. Southby. The church is picturesque; and there is an Independent chapel.
(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: | Bulford Parish Amesbury Poor Law Union/Registration District Wiltshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Bulford |
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