HASELBURY-PLUCKNETT, a village and a parish in Yeovil district, Somerset. The village stands near the Yeovil and Exeter railway, 2 miles NNW of Crewkerne; and has a post office, of the name of Haselbury, under Crewkerne. The parish comprises 2, 069 acres. Real property, £3, 954. Pop., 834. Houses, 172. The property is divided amoug a few. The manor belongs to Lord Portman. Freestone and limestone are quarried; and the manufacture of girths and haircloth is carried on. A hermit, called Wulfric, lived here in the time of Henry I., and is the subject of curious local legends. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £133. Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church was built about 1825; and consists of nave and chancel, with porch and tower. There is a national school.

(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))