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

CATSASH, a hundred in Somerset. It contains Alford parish and eighteen other parishes. Acres, 24,093. Pop., 7,912. Houses, 1,683.

Catsash through time

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

How to reference this page:

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

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20721

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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