In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stawley like this:
STAWLEY, a parish in Wellington district, Somerset; 4½ miles W by N of Wellington r. station. Post town, Wellington, Somerset. Acres, 830. Real property, £1,182. Pop., 188. Houses, 40. The manor belongs to Messrs. Palmer and Sweet. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £150. Patron, J. Hayne, Esq. The church is early English.
Stawley through time
Stawley is now part of Taunton Deane district. Click here for graphs and data of how Taunton Deane has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stawley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stawley, in Taunton Deane and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13238
Date accessed: 27th April 2024
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