In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described East Harptree like this:
HARPTREE (EAST), a village and a parish in Clutton district, Somerset. The village stands near the source of the river Yeo, under the Mendip hills, 6½ miles N of Wells r. station; and has a post-office‡ under Bristol. The parish includes also the hamlet of Coley, and comprises 2,770 acres. ...
Real property, £4,305; of which £200 are in mines. Pop., 657. Houses, 154. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Countess Waldegrave. Harptree Court, long the seat of the Waldegraves, is a pleasant mansion. The Lamb cavern is in mountain limestone W of the village; and the source of the Yeo is a copious stream gushing from the rock further W. The rocks include manganese and zinc; and the subsoil consists largely of a kind of breccia. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £106.* Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church is ancient but good; consists of nave, aisle, and chancel, with a tower; and contains a figured altar-tomb of Sir John Newton, who died in 1568. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £13, and other charities with £77.
East Harptree through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of East Harptree in Bath and North East Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12927
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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