In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Cucklington like this:
CUCKLINGTON, a village and a parish in Wincanton district, Somerset. The village stands near the boundary with Dorset, 2 miles N of Templecombe r. station, and 3 E by S of Wincauton; and was once a market-town. The parish includes also the hamlet of Clapton-Forms; and its post town is Templecombe, under Bath. ...
Acres, 2, 865. Real property, with Stoke and Bayford, £5, 646. Pop., 280. Houses, 66. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Stoke-Trister and the p. curacy of Bayford, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £609.* Patron, W. Phelips, Esq. The church is early English; consists of nave, aisles, transept, and chancel, with tower and spire; and is good. Charities £29.
Cucklington through time
Cucklington is now part of South Somerset district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Somerset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cucklington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cucklington in South Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12717
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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