Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WITHYCOMBE

WITHYCOMBE, a parish, with a village, in Williton district, Somerset; 5 miles W of Williton r. station. Post town, Dunster, under Tannton. Acres, 1,787. Real property, £2,070. Pop., 349. Houses, 63. The manor belongs to H. F. Luttrell, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £240.* Patron, T. Hutton, Esq. The church is later English. There is a Bible Christian chapel.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish, with a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Withycombe CP/AP       Williton RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Withycombe

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