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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Closworth like this:
CLOSEWORTH, or Closworth, a parish in Yeovil district, Somerset; on the river Yeo, at the boundary with Dorset, 3½ miles S of Yeovil r. station. Post town, Yeovil. Acres, 1, 071. Real property, £1, 498. Pop., 184. Houses, 37. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £220.* Patron, Lord Portman. The church is later English and good.
Closworth is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Closworth itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Closworth in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12612
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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