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Martock  Somerset

 

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

MARTOCK, a village, a parish, a hundred, and a subdistrict, in Yeovil district, Somerset. The village stands near the river Parret and on the Fosse way, adjacent to the Durston and Yeovil branch of the Bristol and Exeter railway, 6½ miles NW by W of Yeovil; was once a market town; and has a station with telegraph on the railway, a head post office‡, two good inns, a market-cross, a church, two dissenting chapels, a national school, a grammar school founded in 1661, and charities £20. ...


The market-cross consists of base and steps of old date, and a surmounting fluted column of newer date, bearing a sun-dial, a gilt ball, and a vane. The church is later English, of fine character; comprises nave, aisles, transepts, and chancel, with a tower; has a roof of open wood-work; and was recently restored. Pinnacled archways, of the year 1627, gave entrance to the churchyard. The manor-house, an edifice of the 14th century, now divided into separate tenements, but still in good preservation, adjoins the churchyard; and the hall of it has an open timber roof, and some richly carved corbels. The dissenting chapels are for Independents and Baptists. A fair is held on 21 Aug. The parish contains also the chapelry of Long-Load, and the hamlets of Ash, Bower-Hinton-with-Hurst, Coat, Milton, Stapleton, and Witcombe. Acres, 7,302. Real property, £20,383. Pop., 3,155. Houses, 619. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to J. Goodden, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £450.* Patron, the Treasurer of Wells Cathedral. The vicarages of Ash and Long Load are separate benefices.-The hundred is conterminate with the parish.—The sub-district contains also three other parishes. Acres, 11,945. Pop., 5,979. Houses, 1,210.

Martock through time

Martock is now part of South Somerset district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Somerset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Martock itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Martock in South Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13097

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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