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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Earnshill like this:
EARNSHILL, a parish in Langport district, Somerset; on the river Isle, 3½ miles SW by W of Langport town and r. station. Post town, Langport, under. Taunton. Acres, 375. Real property, £1, 034. Pop., 17. House, 1. The living is a sinecure rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £30. Patron, R. T. Combe, Esq. There is no church.
Earnshill is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Earnshill itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Earnshill in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12810
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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