Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CLATWORTHY

CLATWORTHY, a parish in Williton district, Somerset; under the Brendon hills, 3 miles NW of Wiveliscombe, and 5½ WSW of Crowcombe-Heathfield r. station. Post town, Wiveliscombe, under Wellington, Somerset. Acres, 2, 848. Real property, £2, 513. Pop., 313. Houses, 56. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to G. H. Carew, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £310. Patron, G. H. Carew, Esq. The church is decorated English and good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Clatworthy AP/CP       Williton RegD/PLU       Somerset AncC
Place: Clatworthy

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