Place:


Thorn Falcon  Somerset

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Thorn Falcon like this:

THORNE-FALCON, a parish in Taunton district, Somerset; 3¾ miles E of Taunton r. station. Post town, Taunton. Acres, 814. Real property, £1,635. Pop, 196. Houses, 42. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £296.* Patron, J. Batten, Esq. The church is ancient but good.

Thorn Falcon through time

Thorn Falcon 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 Thorn Falcon itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Thorn Falcon, in Taunton Deane and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13337

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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