In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Compton Martin like this:
COMPTON-MARTIN, a parish in Clutton district, Somerset; under the Mendip hills, 6 ½ miles SW of Pensford, and 7½ N of Wells r. station. It has a post office under Bristol. Acres, 2, 314. Real property, £3, 829. Pop., 558. Houses, 125. The property is much divided. The manor belonged to Martin de Tours. The sources of the river Yeo burst from the rock here in a copious stream. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £305.* Patron, Mrs. Hardwicke. The church is excellent; and there are charities £10.
Compton Martin through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Compton Martin in Bath and North East Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12669
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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