In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Nether Stowey like this:
STOWEY (Nether), a village and a parish in Bridgewater district, Somerset. The village stands 7½ miles WNW of Bridgewater r. station; was once a market-town; and has a post-office‡ under Bridgewater, and a fair on 18 Sept. The poets Coleridge, Southey, and Wordsworth were, for some time, residents. ...
The parish comprises 1,215 acres. Rated property, £2,948. Pop., 876. Houses, 179. The manor belongs to Lord Tannton and Sir P. P. Acland, Bart. Castle Hill House is the seat of the Sealys. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £450.* Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church, excepting the tower, was recently rebuilt; and is in the early English style. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £24.
Nether Stowey through time
Nether Stowey is now part of Sedgemoor district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sedgemoor has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Nether Stowey itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Nether Stowey, in Sedgemoor and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13282
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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