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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Compton Pauncefoot like this:
COMPTON-PAUNCEFOOT, a parish in Wincanton district, Somerset; 2 miles E by N of Sparkford r. station, and 5 WSW of Wincanton. Post town, North Cadbury, under Bath. Acres, 672. Real property, £2, 839. Pop., 253. Houses, 44. The property is divided among a few. Compton Castle is the seat of B. H. Hunt, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £140.* Patron, B. H. Hunt, Esq. The church is later English, with tower and spire, and is very good.
Compton Pauncefoot is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Compton Pauncefoot itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Compton Pauncefoot in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12672
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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