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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Corfe like this:
CORFE, a parish in Taunton district, Somerset; adjacent to the Chard and Taunton railway, 3¼ miles S by E of Taunton. Post town, Taunton. Acres, 1, 127. Real property, £1, 734. Pop., 381. Houses, 69. The property is divided among a few. Much improvement has recently been made; and many new houses built. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £66.* Patron, Lady Cooper. The church was repaired in 1858.
Corfe is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Corfe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Corfe in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12677
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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