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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Westonzoyland like this:
WESTON-ZOYLAND, a parish, with a village, in Bridgewater district, Somerset; 3½ miles ESE of Bridgewater r. station. It has a post-office under Bridgewater, and a fair on 9 Sept. Acres, 2,729. Real property, £9,137. Pop. in 1851, 1,007; in 1861, 894. Houses, 205. The manor belongs to N . Welman, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £375.* Patron, the Bishop of B. and W. The church is ancient but good, and has a very fine later English tower. There are two Methodist chapels, a national school, and charities £12.
Westonzoyland is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Westonzoyland itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Westonzoyland in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13393
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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