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564:Hundred of Horethorne
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429:15 October
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334:13 October
309:31 January
289:References
252:Evercreech
195:King Edgar
127:Evercreech
350:"Summary"
279:districts
229:Bempstone
221:Whitstone
473:Somerset
394:. GENUKI
264:Westbury
244:Cranmore
175:Somerset
167:Hundreds
142:Westbury
116:Cranmore
97:Parishes
281:by the
240:Binegar
217:Chewton
169:in the
111:Binegar
71:Hundred
268:Wookey
260:Priddy
256:Litton
248:Dinder
246:West,
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137:Priddy
132:Litton
122:Dinder
67:Status
202:Wells
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