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

THORNE-ST. MARGARET, a parish in Wellington district, Somerset; 2½ miles W of Wellington r. station. Post town, Wellington, Somerset. Acres, 805. Real property, £1,042. Pop., 144. Houses, 33. The manor belongs to J.Luxmore, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £113. Patron, the Archdeacon of Taunton. The church is old.

Thorne St Margaret through time

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

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thorne St Margaret in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13463

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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