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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cloford like this:
CLOFORD, a parish in Frome district, Somerset; 2 miles NW of Witham r. station, and 4 SW of Frome. Post town, Witham-Friary, under Frome. Acres, 2, 243. Real property, £2, 589. Pop., 218. Houses, 52. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £74. Patron, the Rev. J. S. H. Horner. The church is Norman, and was recently restored. Charities, £46.
Cloford is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cloford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cloford in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12611
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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