In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bawdrip like this:
BAWDRIP, a parish in Bridgewater district, Somerset; 3 miles NE of Bridgewater r. station. It has a post office under Bridgewater. Acres, 1,889. Real property, £5,001. Pop., 472. Houses, 93. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of bath and Wells. Value, £360.* Patron, E. Page, Esq. The church is ancient and cruciform. There are Independent and Wesleyan chapels, and charities £6.
Bawdrip through time
Bawdrip is now part of Sedgemoor district. Click here for graphs and data of how Sedgemoor has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bawdrip itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bawdrip, in Sedgemoor and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/12453
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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