In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wrantage like this:

WRANTAGE, a tything in North Curry parish, Somerset; 6½ miles WSW of Langport. It contains the quondam borough of Newport; and it has a post-office under Taunton. Real property, £2,575. Pop., 448.

Wrantage through time

Wrantage is now part of SOMERSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how SOMERSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wrantage itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wrantage in Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25335

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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