Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for AISHOLT, or Asholt

AISHOLT, or Asholt, a parish in Bridgewater district, Somerset; 4½ miles E of Crowcombe-Heathfield r. station, and 7½ W by S of Bridgewater. It has a post office under Bridgewater. Acres, 1,252. Real property, £2,643. Pop., 181. Houses, 41. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £280. Patron, Rev. Josh. West. The church is good. Charities, £5.


(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: Aisholt Parish       Somerset Ancient County
Place names: AISHOLT     |     AISHOLT OR ASHOLT     |     ASHOLT
Place: Aisholt

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