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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Houndsborough Barwick and Coker like this:
HOUNDSBOROUGH, BARWICK, AND COKER, a hundred in Somerset; bounded on the E and the S by Dorset, on the W by Crewkerne hundred, on the N by Stone and Tintinhull hundreds; and containing sixteen parishes. Acres, 18, 634. Pop. in 1851, 8, 460; in 1861, 7, 872. Houses, 1, 678.
Houndsborough Barwick and Coker is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Houndsborough Barwick and Coker itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Houndsborough Barwick and Coker in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21199
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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