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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sparkford like this:
SPARKFORD, a parish, with a village and a r. station, in Wincanton district, Somerset; on the Wilts and Somerset railway, 4¾ miles SSW of Castle-Cary. Post town, Ilchester, under Taunton. Acres, 950. Real property, 1,968. Pop., 305. Houses, 58. The manor, with S. Hall, belongs to the Rev. H. Bennett. Bronze celts and Roman relics are found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £266.* Patron, the Rev. H. Bennett. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1824.
Sparkford is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sparkford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sparkford in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13229
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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