In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ruishton like this:
RUISHTON, a village and a parish in Taunton district, Somerset. The village stands on the river Tone, adjacent to the Bristol and Exeter railway and to the Taunton and Bridgewater canal, 2¼ miles E by N of Taunton; and has a postal-letter box under Taunton. The parish contains also the hamlet of Henlade, and comprises 1,003 acres. ...
Real property, 2, 892. Pop., 506. Houses, 101. The property is subdivided. Henlade House and Woodlands are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £74. Patrons, the Trustees of the late Rev. G. Peake. The church is decorated and later English, ingood condition; and has a fine tower. Charities, £58.
Ruishton through time
Ruishton is now part of Taunton Deane district. Click here for graphs and data of how Taunton Deane has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ruishton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ruishton, in Taunton Deane and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13167
Date accessed: 30th April 2024
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