In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Woolavington like this:
WOOLAVINGTON, a parish, with a village, in Bridgewater district, Somerset; 2¾ miles WSW of Edington r. station, and 4½ NW of Bridgewater. Post town, Bridgewater. Acres, 1,725. Real property, £4,640. Pop., 415. Houses, 90. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, united with Puriton, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £361.* Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church is good; and there is a Wesleyan chapel.
Woolavington through time
Woolavington is now part of Sedgemoor district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sedgemoor has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Woolavington itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Woolavington, in Sedgemoor and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13423
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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