Beckington, Somerset

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Beckington is a village in Somerset

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Beckington within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Beckington in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Beckington, par. and vil., E. Somerset, 3 miles NE. of Frome, 1830 ac., pop. 924; P.O., T.O. It has an ancient church with brass of 1475, and a monument to the poet Daniel, who died in 1619.

Beckington in the Domesday Book

A village in Frome hundred, in the county of Somerset.

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