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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chipstable like this:
CHIPSTABLE, a parish in Wellington district, Somerset; near the verge of the county, 1½ mile WSW of Wiveliscombe, and 7½ WNW of Wellington r. station. Post town, Wiveliscombe, under Wellington, Somerset. Acres, 2, 252. Real property, £2, 593. Pop., 361. Houses, 75. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £340.* Patron,H. Dare, Esq. The church is good.
Chipstable is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chipstable itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chipstable in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12590
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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