In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Durston like this:
DURSTON, a parish in Taunton district, Somerset; on the Bristol and Exeter railway, near the Bridge-water and Taunton canal, 4 miles NE by N of Taunton. It has a station on the railway, at the junction of the line to Yeovil; and its post town is Monkton, under Taunton. Acres, 1, 022. Real property, £2, 719. Pop., 223. Houses, 45. The property is divided among a few. A priory, succeeded by a Knights-Hospitallers' preceptory, stood here at Buckland-Sororum. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £170. Patron, the Rev. A. Gray. The church is good.
Durston through time
Durston 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 Durston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Durston, in Taunton Deane and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12809
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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