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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Horethorne like this:
HORETHORNE, a hundred in Somerset; bounded by Dorset, and the hundreds of Norton-Ferris, Catsash, Stone, and Taunton. It contains four parishes. Acres, 23, 763. Pop., 7, 137. Houses, 1, 542.
Horethorne is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Horethorne itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Horethorne in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21197
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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