In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Coxley like this:
COXLEY, a tything and a chapelry in St. Cuthbert-Wells parish, Somerset. The tything lies 2¼ miles SW of Wells r. station, and has a post office under Wells, Somerset. Pop., 272. The chapelry was constituted in 1844; and is more extensive than the tything. Pop., 495. Houses, 106. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £300.* Patron, the Vicar of Wells. The church is good.
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Coxley through time
Coxley is now part of Mendip district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mendip has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Coxley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Coxley, in Mendip and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/23905
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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