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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Writhlington like this:
WRITHLINGTON, a parish, with a village, in Frome district, Somerset: 1 mile ENE of Radstock railway station. Post town, Radstock, under Bath. Acres, 772. Real property, £4,363; of which £3,000 are in mines. Pop., 367. Houses, 65. The manor belongs to B. Naish, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £166.* Patron, the Prebendary of Writhlington. The church is ancient. There is a national school.
Writhlington is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Writhlington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Writhlington in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13433
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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