In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wambrook like this:
WAMBROOK, a parish in the district of Chard and county of Dorset; 2¼ miles WSW of Chard r. station. It has a post-office under Chard. Acres, 1,857. Real property, returned with Chardstock. Pop., 286. Houses, 49. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £262.* Patron, the Rev. H. H. A. Smith.
Wambrook through time
Wambrook 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 Wambrook itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wambrook, in South Somerset and Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13996
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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