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BALTONSBOROUGH, a parish in Wells district, Somerset; on the river Brue, 4 miles SW of Glastonbury r. station. It includes the hamlet of Southwood; and has a post office under Glastonbury. Acres, 2,472. Real property, £6,934. Pop., 763. Houses, 166. The liv ing is a p. curacy, annexed to Butleigh, in the dio. of Bath and Wells. The church is later English. There are Wesleyan and Moravian chapels, and two public schools.
(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: | Baltonsborough Parish Wells Poor Law Union/Registration District Somerset Ancient County |
| Place: | Baltonsborough |
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