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SAMPFORD-BRETT, a parish, with a village, in Williton district, Somerset; adjacent to the Watchet railway, 1½ mile S W of Williton r. station. Post-town, Williton, under Taunton. Acres, 932. Real property, £1, 534. Pop., 280. Houses, 48. The manor belongs to Sir A. A. Hood, Bart The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £400.* Patron, the Rev. Dr. Tripp. The church is 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: | Sampford Brett Parish Williton Poor Law Union/Registration District Somerset Ancient County |
| Place: | Sampford Brett |
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