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

THORNE-FALCON, a parish in Taunton district, Somerset; 3¾ miles E of Taunton r. station. Post town, Taunton. Acres, 814. Real property, £1,635. Pop, 196. Houses, 42. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £296.* Patron, J. Batten, Esq. The church is ancient but good.

Templeton through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13337

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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