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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ashington like this:
ASHINGTON, a parish in Yeovil district, Somerset; on the river Yeo, and on the Durston and Yeovil railway, 3½ miles N of Yeovil. Post Town, Ilchester under Taunton. Acres, 554. Real property, with Draycott, £1,957. Pop., 57. Houses, 10. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £162.* Patron, not reported. The church is good.
Ashington is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ashington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ashington in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12340
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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