In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Blackford like this:
BLACKFORD, a chapelry in Wedmore parish, Somerset; between the rivers Axe and Brue, 2¾ miles N by E of Edington Road r. station, and 4½ S of Axbridge. It has a post office under Weston-super-Mare. Pop., 677. Houses, 147. The chapelry was constituted in 1844 The manor belonged to H. Saxey, and was given by him to Bruton hospital. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £300.* Patron, the Vicar of Wedmore. The church is modern.
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Blackford through time
Blackford is now part of Sedgemoor district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sedgemoor has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Blackford itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Blackford, in Sedgemoor and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24416
Date accessed: 19th May 2024
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