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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burtle like this:
BURTLE, a chapelry in Moorlinch parish, Somerset: 3½ miles SSW of Edington-Road r. station, and 5½ ENE of Bridgewater. Post Town, Chilton, under Bridgewater. Pop., 248. Houses, 47. It was constituted in 1856. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £100. Patron, miss Field. The church is very good.
Burtle is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Burtle itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burtle in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24100
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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