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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rode Hill like this:
ROAD-HILL, a chapelry in North Bradley parish, Wilts; adjacent to Road in Somerset, and 3 miles N Wby W of Westbury r. station. It was constituted in 1852; and its post town is Road, under Bath. Pop, 408. Houses, 97. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £159.* Patron, the Vicar of North Bradley. The church is good; and there is a national school.
Rode Hill is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rode Hill itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rode Hill, in Somerset and Wiltshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23867
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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