Milborne Port, Somerset

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Milborne Port is a village in Somerset

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

Milborne Port in historic gazetteers

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

Milborne Port, town and par. with ry. sta., Somerset, near SE. border of co., 3½ miles NE. of Sherborne sta. and 8¼ miles NE. of Yeovil Junction, 3277 ac., pop. 1877; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; has mfrs. of gloves, leather, and shoes. Milborne Port was a place of some consequence in Saxon times, and sent representatives to Parliament from the time of Charles I. till 1832.

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