In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Horethorne like this:
HORETHORNE, a hundred in Somerset; bounded by Dorset, and the hundreds of Norton-Ferris, Catsash, Stone, and Taunton. It contains four parishes. Acres, 23, 763. Pop., 7, 137. Houses, 1, 542.
Horethorne through time
Horethorne is now part of South Somerset district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Somerset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Horethorne itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Horethorne in South Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21197
Date accessed: 06th November 2024
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