In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Radstock like this:
RADSTOCK, a village and a parish in Clutton district, Somerset. The village stands on the Fosse way, on a small affluent of the river Avon, at a meeting-point of railways forming in 1868 from Frome, Bath, and Keynsham, 7 miles N W of Frome; takes its name from redsandstone lying below and around it; is the centre of anextensive coal-field; was connected, by mineral railway, with the canal near Mitford, and with the Great Western railway at Frome; and has a post-office‡ under Bath. ...
The parish comprises 1,005 acres. Real property, £14, 548; of which £9, 202 are in mines. Pop. in 1851, 1, 792; in 1861, 2, 227. Houses, 413. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Countess of Waldegrave. Round Hill barrow is near the village. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £270.* Patron, the Countess of Waldegrave. The church consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, withporch and tower. There are chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, United Free Methodists, and a national school.
Radstock through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Radstock in Bath and North East Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1049
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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