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WALTON, a parish, with a village, in Wells district, Somerset; 3¼ miles SW of Glastonbury r. station. It has a post-office under Bath. Acres, 2,502. Real property, £4,259. Pop., 731. Houses, 164. The manor belongs to the Marquis of Bath. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Street. The church is decorated English. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Walton Parish Wells Poor Law Union/Registration District Somerset Ancient County |
| Place: | Walton |
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