In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Charlton Musgrove like this:
CHARLTON-MUSGROVE, a parish in wincanton district, Somerset; on the river Cale, near the Somerset and Dorset railway, 1 mile NNW of Wincanton r. station. Post Town, Wincanton, under Bath. Acres, 2,153. Real property, £3,762. Pop., 418. Houses, 103. Part of the land is recently enclosed common. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £463. Patron, the Rev. Paul Leir. The church is decorated English; and has a fine tower. There are a Baptist chapel and a national school.
Charlton Musgrove through time
Charlton Musgrove 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 Charlton Musgrove itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Charlton Musgrove in South Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12545
Date accessed: 30th April 2024
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