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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stowell like this:
STOWELL, a parish in Wincanton district, Somerset; 1½ mile W of Temple-Combe r. station, and 4½ SSW of Wincanton. Post town, Wincanton, under Bath. Acres, 902. Rated property, £1,279. Pop., 133. Houses, 31. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £220. Patrons, the Representatives of W. M. Dorrington, Esq. The church was built in 1834.
Stowell is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stowell itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stowell in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13276
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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