In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Godney like this:
GODNEY, a chapelry in Meare parish, Somerset; on the river Brue, and on the Mid Somerset railway, 4½ miles WN W of Glastonbury. Post town, Glastonbury. The statistics are returned with the parish. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £55. Patrons, the Heirs of P. Davies, Esq. The church was built in 1838.
Godney through time
Godney is now part of Mendip district. Click here for graphs and data of how Mendip has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Godney itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Godney, in Mendip and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12878
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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