In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Cranmore like this:
CRANMORE (West), a parish in Shepton-Mallet district, Somerset; on the East Somerset railway, under the Mendip hills, adjacent to Cranmore r. station, 3¼ miles E-Shepton-Mallet. It has a post office under Shepton-Mallet. Acres, 1,814. Real property, £3, 434. Pop., 292. Houses, 67. Cranmore Hall is the seat of the Pagets; and South-Hill is the seat of Sir E. Strode. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Doulting, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church is old. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
West Cranmore through time
West Cranmore is now part of Mendip district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mendip has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Cranmore itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Cranmore, in Mendip and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12698
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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