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SEAVINGTON-ST. MARY, a village and a parish in Chard district, Somerset. The village stands 3 miles E of Ilminster r. station; and, with S., St. Michael, has a post-office of the name of Seavington, under Ilminster. The parish includes the tything of S.-Abbott, and comprises 988 acres. Real property, with S., St. Michael, £4, 269. Pop. of S., St. Mary alone, 330. Houses, 76. The manor belongs to N. Welman, Esq. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £58. Patron, Earl Powlett. The church is early English. There are a Bible Christian chapel, and a parochial school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Seavington St Mary Parish Chard Poor Law Union/Registration District Somerset Ancient County |
| Place: | Seavington St Mary |
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