In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Compton Dundon like this:
COMPTON-DUNDEN, a parish in Langport district, Somerset; on the river Carey, 2½ miles NNW of Somerton, and 4½ S by W of Glastonbury r. station. It includes the tythings of Compton and Dunden, and the hamlet of Littleton; and its post town is Somerton, under Taunton. Acres, 2, 571. ...
Real property, £4, 784. Pop., 662. Houses, 159. The property is subdivided. The manor-house has been partitioned into small dwell ings; and an out-building of it contains a richly-carved. ancient, circular window. Dunden Beacon, adjacent to it, is an entrenched eminence 360 feet high. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop of London. The church is old but good.
Compton Dundon through time
Compton Dundon 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 Compton Dundon itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Compton Dundon in South Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12666
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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