In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described East Brent like this:
BRENT (East), a village and a parish in Axbridge district, Somerset. The village stands near the Bristol and Exeter railway, 4 miles N by E of Highbridge station, and 6 WSW of Axbridge; and has a post office under Weston-super-Mare. The parish includes also the hamlets of Rooksbridge and Edingworth. ...
Acres, 3,037. Real property, £10,390. Pop., 797. Houses, 176. The property is much subdivided. Brent-knoll, on the southern border, is a conical hill 883 feet high; commands an extensive view; and is crowned with vestiges of a doubly entrenched Roman camp. Roman coins and other relics have been found here; and King Alfred is said to have fought with the Danes at Battleborough, at the foot of the hill. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £902.* Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Walls. The church is an interesting edifice. with a spire 140 feet high; and has several windows of ancient painted glass. There are a Methodist chapel and a national school; and there was anciently a cell to Glastonbury Abbey.
East Brent through time
East Brent is now part of Sedgemoor district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sedgemoor has changed over two centuries. For statistics about East Brent itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of East Brent, in Sedgemoor and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12469
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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