Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SEAVINGTON-ST. MICHAEL

SEAVINGTON-ST. MICHAEL, a parish, with a village, in Chard district, Somerset; 3½ miles W of Ilminster r. station. Post-town, Seavington, under Ilminster. Acres, 280. Rated property, £640. Pop., 244. House 3., 56. The manor belongs to Winchester college. The living is a rectory, united with Dinnington, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £350.* Patron, Earl Powlett. The church is old but good. There is 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: Seavington St Michael Parish       Chard Poor Law Union/Registration District       Somerset Ancient County
Place: Seavington St Michael

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