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SILTON, a parish, with a village, in the district of Mere and county of Dorset; on the river Stour, 3 miles NW of Gillingham r. station, and 5 W by N of Wincanton. Post town, Wincanton, under Bath. Acres, 1,257. Rated property, £2,009. Pop., 306. Houses, 72. The manor belongs to Miss Chafyn Grove. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £379.* Patron, the Rev. W. J. E. Percy. The church good.
(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: | Silton Parish Dorset Ancient County |
| Place: | Silton |
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