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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Barwick like this:
BARWICK, a parish in Yeovil district, Somerset; on the verge of the county, 2 miles S of Yeovil r. station. It includes the hamlet of Stoford; and its Post Town is Yeovil. Acres, 784. Real property, £2,064. Pop., 458. Houses, 89. Barwick House is the seat of J. Newman, Esq. There are two flax mills. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £100. Patron, J. Newman, Esq. The church is early English.
Barwick is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Barwick itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Barwick in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12385
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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