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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Broadway like this:
BROADWAY, a village and a parish in Chard district, Somerset. The village stands near the Chard canal, and near the Chard, Ilminster, and Taunton railway, 2 miles NW of Ilminster r. station; took its name from a Roman way across its site, and through Neroche forest; and has a fair on 14 Sept. The parish includes also the tythings of Capland and Rapps; and its Post Town is Ilminster. ...
Acres, 2,072. Real property, £2,861. Pop., 431. Houses, 89. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £167. Patron, the Rev. Dr. W. Palmer. The church is ancient and cruciform. There are an Independent chapel; and charities £23.
Broadway is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Broadway itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Broadway in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12474
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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