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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burton Pynsent like this:
BURTON-PYNSENT, a tything in Drayton, Curry-Rivell, and Fivehead parishes, Somerset; on the downs, 2 miles SW of Langport. Pop., 43. The estate belonged to the Pynsents; but was bequeathed to William Pitt, afterwards Earl of Chatham; and belongs now to Colonel Pinney. The Earl of Chatham occasionally resided here; and he erected a column 140 feet high, popularly called the Burton steeple, to the memory of Sir William Pynsent. This crowns an eminence, with a fine view; and a funeral urn, to his own memory, erected by his Countess, stands in the grounds of the mansion.
Burton Pynsent is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Burton Pynsent itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burton Pynsent in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24781
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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