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376:"Somerset Hundreds"
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221:Ston Easton
181:Chilcompton
158:frankpledge
150:Anglo-Saxon
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435:15 October
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304:31 January
258:References
162:King Edgar
50:Population
382:6 October
350:"Summary"
282:6 October
248:districts
189:Emborough
700:Category
479:Somerset
404:26 April
378:. GENUKI
169:Brockley
146:Somerset
138:Hundreds
122:Parishes
250:by the
217:Paulton
173:Cameley
140:in the
96:Hundred
83:unknown
71:History
223:, and
92:Status
62:12,112
225:Ubley
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