In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stawell like this:

STAWELL, a chapelry in Moorlinch parish, Somerset; 4 miles E by N of Bridgewater r. station. Post town Bridgewater. Acres, 973. Real property, £2,207. Pop., 173. Houses, 47. The living is annexed to Moorlinch.

Stawell through time

Stawell is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stawell itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stawell in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13237

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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