In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chilcompton like this:
CHILCOMPTON, a parish in Clutton district, Somerset; near the east end of the Mendip hills, 6½ miles N by E of Shepton-Mallet r. station, and 7½ NE by N of Wells. It has a post office under Bath. Acres, 1, 233. Real property, £3, 395. Pop., 730. Houses, 155. The property is subdivided. Coal and red sandstone occur. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £129. Patron, H. S. W. Tooker, Esq. The church is modern. There is a Wesleyan chapel.
Chilcompton through time
Chilcompton is now part of Mendip district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mendip has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chilcompton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chilcompton, in Mendip and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12561
Date accessed: 04th November 2024
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