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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described East Chinnock like this:
CHINNOCK (East), a parish in Yeovil district, Somerset; on the Yeovil and Exeter railway, near Sutton-Bingham station, 4 miles WSW of Yeovil. It has a post office under Yeovil. Acres, 1, 320. Real property, £2, 945. Pop., 552. Houses, 122. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £140.* Patron, the lord Chancellor. The church is good; and there is an endowed school.
East Chinnock is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about East Chinnock itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of East Chinnock in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12586
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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