In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Charterhouse like this:
CHARTER-HOUSE-ON-MENDIP, an extra-parochial ville in Axbridge district, Somerset; adjacent to Blagdon parish, 5 miles E by N of Axbridge. Acres, 2,410. Pop., 82. Houses, 16. It had anciently a cell to Witham Carthusian priory; and it is still ecclesiastically connected with Witham-Friary parish.
Charterhouse through time
Charterhouse is now part of Mendip district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mendip has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Charterhouse itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Charterhouse, in Mendip and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12548
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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