Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MILTON-CLEVEDON

MILTON-CLEVEDON, a parish, with a village, in Shepton-Mallett district, Somerset; on the Glastonbury and Bruton railway, 1 mile S of Evercreech, and 2 NW of Bruton. Post town, Evercreech, under Bath. Acres, 1,221. Real property, £2,299. Pop., 210. Houses, 44. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Earl of Ilchester. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £263.* Patron, the Earl of Ilchester. The church is later English; was restored in 1760, and the chancel rebuilt in 1780; and consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with porch and tower. There are a national school, and charities £17.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Milton Clevedon Parish       Somerset Ancient County
Place: Milton Clevedon

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