In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hambridge like this:
HAMBRIDGE, a tything in Curry-Rivell parish, and a chapelry in Curry-Rivell, Barrington, Earnshill, IsleBrewers, Nidon, and West Moor parishes, Somerset. The tything lies near the river Isle, 4½ miles NW of South Petherton, and 5 miles SW of Langport r. station; and has a post office under Taunton. ...
The chapelry was constituted in 1854. Pop., 556. Houses, 117. Pop. of the Curry Rivell portion, 417. Houses, 86. The manor belongs to R. T. Combe, Esq., of Earnshill. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £100.* Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church is in the early English style, and has a tower. There is a chapel for Bible Christians.
Hambridge through time
Hambridge 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 Hambridge itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hambridge in South Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21447
Date accessed: 02nd June 2024
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