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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bempstone like this:
BEMPSTONE, a hundred in Somerset. It contains Burnham and six other parishes. Acres, 25,698. Pop. in 1851, 8,123; in 1861, 8,383. Houses, 1,804.
Bempstone is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bempstone itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bempstone in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20795
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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