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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chaffcombe like this:
CHAFFCOMBE, a parish in Chard district, Somerset; on the Chard canal, 2 miles NE of Chard r. station, and 3¼ S by W of Ilminster. Post Town, Ilminster. Acres, 999. Real property, with Knowles-St. Giles, £2,896. Pop., 246. Houses, 50. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £143. Patron, Earl Poulett. The church is early English, and was restored in 1859.
Chaffcombe is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chaffcombe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chaffcombe in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12532
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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