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East Coker, Somerset

Historical Description

Coker, East, a parish in Somerset, adjacent to the boundary with Dorsetshire, 1 mile from Sutton Bingham station on the L. & S.W.R., and 3 miles SSW of Yeovil. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Yeovil. Acreage, 2185; population, 863. Coker Court is the seat of the Helyars. A Roman pavement and other Roman remains were found here in 1753. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells; value, £228 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church is Later English and cruciform. Dampier the circumnavigator was a native. There are some almshouses and a police station.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountySomersetshire 
Ecclesiastical parishEast Coker St. Michael 
HundredHoundsborough 
Poor Law unionYeovil 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

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Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for East Coker from the following:


Maps

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Somersetshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.

DistrictSouth Somerset
CountySomerset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtBA22
Post TownYeovil

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