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BRADFORD-ABBAS, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in Sherborne district, Dorset. The village stands on the river Yeo, adjacent to the Southwestern railway, 2½ miles ESE of Yeovil station, and 3½ SW by W of Sherborne; and has a post office under Sherborne. The parish comprises 1,139 acres. Real property, £3,055. Pop., 585. Houses, 134. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Clifton-Maybank, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £479.* Patron, Winchester college. The church is good. An endowed school has £24; and other charities £28. The subdistrict comprises thirteen parishes. Acres, 12,836. Pop., 3,372. Houses, 738.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a subdistrict" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Bradford Abbas Parish Bradford Abbas Registration Sub-District Sherborne Poor Law Union/Registration District Dorset Ancient County |
| Place: | Bradford Abbas |
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