In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cothelstone like this:
COTHELSTONE, a parish in Taunton district, Somerset; among the Quantock hills, near the Taunton and Watchet railway, 2 miles NE of Bishops-Lydeard r. station, and 6½ NNW of Taunton. Post town, Bishops-Lydeard, under Taunton. Acres, 906. Real property, £1, 286. Pop., 107. Houses, 24. ...
The property is divided among a few. Cothelstone Park is the seat of E. J. Esdaile, Esq. Cothelstone old manor-house, now a farm-house, is an ivy-clad edifice, in a singular style of architecture, with series of pillars decorating the front, and forming large oblong windows; and has the arms of Stawel over the doorway. Cothelstone Hill is 1, 250 feet high; and commands a very extensive view. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £58. Patron, the Vicar of Kingston. The church contains some ancient monuments; and is good.
Cothelstone through time
Cothelstone is now part of Taunton Deane district. Click here for graphs and data of how Taunton Deane has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cothelstone itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cothelstone, in Taunton Deane and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12693
Date accessed: 14th May 2024
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