In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shepton Beauchamp like this:
SHEPTON-BEAUCHAMP, a parish, with a village, in Chard district, Somerset; 4 miles WSW of Martock r. station, and 4 ENE of Ilminster. It has a post-office under Ilminster. Acres, 836. Real property, £2,711. Pop., 658. Hones, 129. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £373.* Patron, the Rev. J. S. Coles. The church is later English. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school, and charities £40.
Shepton Beauchamp through time
Shepton Beauchamp 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 Shepton Beauchamp itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shepton Beauchamp in South Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13215
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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