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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Blackford like this:
BLACKFORD, a chapelry in Wedmore parish, Somerset; between the rivers Axe and Brue, 2¾ miles N by E of Edington Road r. station, and 4½ S of Axbridge. It has a post office under Weston-super-Mare. Pop., 677. Houses, 147. The chapelry was constituted in 1844 The manor belonged to H. Saxey, and was given by him to Bruton hospital. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £300.* Patron, the Vicar of Wedmore. The church is modern.
Blackford is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Blackford itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Blackford in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24416
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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