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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cheddon Fitzpaine like this:
CHEDDON-FITZPAINE, a parish in Taunton district, Somerset; on the river Tone, near Bridgewater canal, and the Bristol and Exeter railway, 2½ miles NE by N of Taunton. Post town, Taunton. Acres, 960. Real property, £2, 456. Pop., 338. Houses, 73. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £584.* Patron, J. A. Warre, Esq. The church is old, and was restored in 1861. Charities, £8, and a school-house.
Cheddon Fitzpaine is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cheddon Fitzpaine itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cheddon Fitzpaine in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12554
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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