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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Withycombe like this:
WITHYCOMBE, a parish, with a village, in Williton district, Somerset; 5 miles W of Williton r. station. Post town, Dunster, under Tannton. Acres, 1,787. Real property, £2,070. Pop., 349. Houses, 63. The manor belongs to H. F. Luttrell, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £240.* Patron, T. Hutton, Esq. The church is later English. There is a Bible Christian chapel.
Withycombe is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Withycombe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Withycombe in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13419
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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