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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Vobster like this:
VOBSTER, a chapelry in Mells parish, Somerset; 5¼ miles W by N of Frome r. station. It was constituted in 1851; and its Post town is Mells, under Frome. Pop., 182. Houses, 44. The living is a p. curacy, united with Leigh-upon-Mendip, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £60.* Patron, the Rector of Mells.
Vobster is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Vobster itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Vobster in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24122
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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