Description
Holford, a village and a parish in Somerset. The village stands near the coast, 5 1/2 miles E of Williton station on the G.W.R,, and 10 NW by W of Bridgwater, and has a post office under Bridgwater; money order and telegraph office, Nether Stowey. Acreage, 1083; population of the civil parish, 191; of the ecclesiastical, 146. The manor belongs to the Hood family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; value, £150 with residence. Patron, Eton College. The church is good and has a low tower.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
