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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Chinnock like this:
CHINNOCK (West), a parish in Yeovil district, Somerset; on the river Parret, near the Yeovil and Exeter railway, 3 miles NW by W of Crewkerne. It has a post office under Ilminster. Acres, 642. Real property, with Middle Chinnock, £3, 514. Pop., 553. Houses, 120. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Chiselborough, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church is early English.
West Chinnock 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 Chinnock itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Chinnock in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13127
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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