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462:Dundry is notable for its stone: the yellow
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515:on Dundry Hill 14 June 1814 aged 32 years"
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902:system of election, currently
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1330:The hidden places of Somerset
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948:Society of Merchant Venturers
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549:Christening of William Duncan
27:Village near Bristol, England
894:constituency. It elects one
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554:St James Presbyterian Church
501:The neighbouring village of
382:in the northern part of the
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451:The parish was part of the
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1419:Civil parishes in Somerset
1292:. University of Portsmouth
1056:"Maes Knoll Iron Age camp"
1030:Robinson, Stephen (1992).
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877:Long Ashton Rural District
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896:Member of Parliament (MP)
763:Local Government Act 1992
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1099:Waterman, D. M. (1970).
645:Sunday 15 November 1942
584:Night of 3 January 1941
535:81,830 houses destroyed.
858:non-metropolitan county
1392:6 October 2008 at the
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1382:Dundry Parish website
1328:Scott, Shane (1995).
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1058:. Wansdyke Project 21
1002:"2011 Census Profile"
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1032:Somerset Place Names
783:environmental health
185:Sovereign state
1078:"Somerset Hundreds"
916:European Parliament
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850:ceremonial county
827:trading standards
791:refuse collection
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653:Dundry Home Guard
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721:Governance
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709:1968 storm
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