In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Withycombe like this:
WITHYCOMBE, a parish, with a village, in Williton district, Somerset; 5 miles W of Williton r. station. Post town, Dunster, under Tannton. Acres, 1,787. Real property, £2,070. Pop., 349. Houses, 63. The manor belongs to H. F. Luttrell, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £240.* Patron, T. Hutton, Esq. The church is later English. There is a Bible Christian chapel.
Withycombe through time
Withycombe is now part of West Somerset district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Somerset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Withycombe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Withycombe in West Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13419
Date accessed: 16th May 2024
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