In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Membury like this:
MEMBURY, a village and a parish in Axminster district, Devon. The village stands near the river Yarty, and near the boundary with Dorset, 3½ miles N by W of Axminster r. station; was anciently called Maimburgh; and has a post office under Chard, and a fair on the Wednesday after 9 Aug. The parish comprises 4,089 acres. ...
Real property, £5,337. Pop., 751. Houses, 1 36. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged to the Courtenays, and passed to the Drakes and others. Yarty, now a farm-house, was the seat of the Y arty family; Waterhouse, anciently called Waters, was the seat of the De la Water family; and both now belong to S. Newbery, Esq. Membury Castle is a well-preserved ancient British camp, of about 2 acres, on a hill. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of A minster, in the diocese of Exeter. The church is partly early English, partly decorated; was recently restored; comprises nave, transept, and chancel; and contains a fine monument to Sir S. Calmady. There are a national school, and charities £5.
Membury through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Membury in East Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2401
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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