In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sampford Arundel like this:
SAMPFORD-ARUNDEL, a parish, with a village, in Wellington district, Somerset; on the Bristol and Exeter railway, 2½ miles S W by W of Wellington. It has a post-office under Wellington, Somerset. Acres, 1, 144. Real property, £2, 527. Pop., 425. Houses, 88. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £170.* Patron, the Rev.B. Sweet. The church is good; and there is a parochial school.
Sampford Arundel through time
Sampford Arundel is now part of Taunton Deane district. Click here for graphs and data of how Taunton Deane has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sampford Arundel itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sampford Arundel, in Taunton Deane and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13172
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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