In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Combe Florey like this:
COMBE-FLOREY, a parish in Taunton district, Somerset; adjacent to the Taunton and Watchet railway, near Bishops-Lydeard station, 5 miles NE of Wivelis-Combe. Post town, Bishops-Lydeard, under Taunton. Acres, 1, 369. Real property, £2, 584. Pop., 383. Houses, 73. Combe House is the seat of the Perrings. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £263. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is neat, and has a tower. Sydney Smith was rector.
Combe Florey through time
Combe Florey 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 Combe Florey itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Combe Florey, in Taunton Deane and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12644
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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