A "BOURTON" UDC was issued under Bristol on 22 May 1848, and is known used in Black from November 1848 to September 1857. It was also known in yellow on 12 January 1855 and in green on 28 August 1857. This UDC was for use at Flax Bourton.
There was also a "BOURTON" UDC issued under Wincanton in July 1852, for use at Bourton in Dorset, four miles to the east of Wincanton. This UDC is known in yellow on 6 March 1853. Bourton transferred to Bath by 1855.
Below is the example of the "BOURTON" UDC in yellow used on 12 January 1855, and attributed to Flax Bourton.
As the letter is postmarked Bath, it would not be the Flax Bourton UDC but rather the Bourton in Dorset UDC, so the example in yellow (and perhaps in green) have been assigned to the wrong Bourton.
The confusion is not helped by the overlap of postal areas - Bristol, Dorset and Somerset.
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