In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Andersfield like this:
ANDERSFIELD, a hundred in Somerset. It contains the parishes of Broomfield, Creech-St. Michael, Enmore, Goathurst, and Lyng, and parts of the parishes of Durleigh, Chilton-Trinity, and North Petherton. Acres, 13,701. Pop., 2,807. Houses, 575.
Andersfield through time
A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Andersfield has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of Sedgemoor. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Andersfield and units named after it.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Andersfield, in Sedgemoor and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21180
Date accessed: 23rd May 2013
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