Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SUTTON-BENGER

SUTTON-BENGER, a parish in Chippenham district, Wilts; on the river Avon, 4 miles NNE of Chippenham r. station. It has a post-office under Chippenham. Acres, 1,173. Real property, £2,581. Pop., 406. Houses, 91. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value, £285.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury. The church was recently restored.


(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: Sutton Benger Parish       Chippenham Poor Law Union/Registration District       Wiltshire Ancient County
Place: Sutton Benger

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