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2 unusual facts about South Petherton


Giles Daubeney, 6th Baron Daubeney

The brass effigies of Daubeney and his first wife Joan can be seen in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, in South Petherton, Somerset.

Hundred of South Petherton

The Hundred of South Petherton was based on the area covered by the Royal Estate of South Petherton which had existed before 1066.



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Tungkillo, South Australia

In 1848, a town was surveyed at the mine, The present-day town was settled by Samuel Patten in 1861, who called it South Petherton (after the Somerset town of North Petherton from which his family originated).