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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described North Wootton like this:
WOOTTON (North), a parish, with a village, in Wells district, Somerset; 3½ miles SSE of Wells r. station. It has a post-office under Shepton-Mallet. Acres, 1,536. Real property, £3,135. Pop., 322. Houses, 73. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage, with Worminster chapelry, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £300.* Patron, the Vicar of Pilton. The church was recently restored. There are a Baptist chapel, an endowed national school, and charities £3.
North Wootton is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about North Wootton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of North Wootton in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13426
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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