In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chapel Allerton like this:
ALLERTON-CHAPEL, a parish in Axbridge district, Somerset; 4 miles N of the Glastonbury railway, and 3 SSW of Axbridge. It has a post office under Weston super-Mare; and contains the hamlets of Arston and Stone-Allerton. Acres, 1,169. Real property, with Churchland and Upper Weare, £13,268. Pop., 292. Houses, 56. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £223. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Wells. The church was restored in 1860.
Chapel Allerton through time
Chapel Allerton is now part of Sedgemoor district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sedgemoor has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chapel Allerton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chapel Allerton, in Sedgemoor and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12319
Date accessed: 04th November 2024
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