In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hornblotton like this:
HORNBLOTTON, a parish in Shepton-Mallet district, Somerset; on the Fosse way, near the Mid-Somerset railway, 4½ miles WNW of Castle-Cary. Post town, Castle-Cary, under Bath. Acres, 1, 082. Real property, £1, 562. Pop., 93. Houses, 20. The manor belongs to the Rev. John G. D. Thring. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Alford, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church is early English, and has a wooden tower and a Norman font.
Hornblotton through time
Hornblotton is now part of Mendip district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mendip has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hornblotton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hornblotton, in Mendip and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12964
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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