Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for ELWORTHY

ELWORTHY, a parish in Williton district, Somerset; 2½ miles SW by S of Stogumber r. station, and 5z S by E of Watchet. It includes the hamlet of Willet; and its post town is Stogumber, under Taunton. Acres, 1, 635. Real property, £3, 615. Pop., 197. Houses, 32. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £300.* Patron, the Rev. John Eddy. The church is good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Elworthy Parish       Williton Poor Law Union/Registration District       Somerset Ancient County
Place: Elworthy

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