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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Coker like this:
COKER (West), a parish in Yeovil district, Somerset; between the railways from Yeovil toward Durston and Exeter, 3 miles W by S of Yeovil. It has a post office under Yeovil. Acres, 1, 299. Real property, £3, 675. Pop., 1, 012. Houses, 206. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £430.* Patron, I . Raven, Esq. The church is later English. There are a national school and an alms-house.
West Coker is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Coker itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Coker in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12620
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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