In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tellisford like this:
TELLISFORD, or Telsford, a parish in Frome district, Somerset; 3 miles S by E of Freshford r. station. Post town, Beckington, under Bath. Acres, 757. Real property, 1,188. Pop., 119. Houses, 23. There is a fulling-mill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £173.* Patron, the Rev.W. Baker. The church was recently restored.
Tellisford through time
Tellisford is now part of Mendip district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mendip has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Tellisford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tellisford, in Mendip and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13293
Date accessed: 23rd April 2024
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