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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Runnington like this:
RUNNINGTON, a parish in Wellington district, Somerset; on the river Tone, 1 mile W N W of Wellington r. station. Post-town, Wellington, Somerset. Acres, 323. Real property, £792. Pop., 100. Houses, 20. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £103.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is old. Charities, £8.
Runnington is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Runnington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Runnington in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13168
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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