MUDFORD, a village and a parish in Yeovil district, Somerset. The village stands on the river Yeo, 3 miles N N E of Yeovil r. station; and has a post-office under Taunton. The parish contains also the hamlets of Hinton and Stock. Acres, 2,035. Real property, £4, 995. Pop., 421. Houses, 71. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £180.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Wells. The church is later English, in good condition; and consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower. There are a national school, and charities £5.

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