In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Brushford like this:

BRUSHFORD, a parish in the district of Tiverton and county of Somerset; on the river Exe, 1½ mile S of Dulverton, and 8 NW by N of Tiverton r. station. Post Town, Dulverton, under Tiverton. Acres, 2,759. Real property, £2,429. Pop., 328. Houses, 64. The living is a rectory in the dio. of Bath and Wells. Value, £384.* Patron, Earl Carnarvon. The church is good. There are a Wesleyan chapel and an endowed school.

Brushford through time

Brushford is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Brushford itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Brushford in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12493

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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