Place:Elworthy, Somerset, England

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NameElworthy
Alt namesWillettsource: hamlet in parish
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates51.1064°N 3.3101°W
Located inSomerset, England
See alsoWilliton and Freemanors Hundred, Somerset, Englandhundred in which it was located
Williton Rural, Somerset, Englandrural district in which it was located 1894-1974
West Somerset District, Somerset, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area 1974-2019
Somerset West and Taunton District, Somerset, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 2019
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Elworthy (#11 on map) is a civil parish and a village in Somerset, England, located in the Brendon Hills. It s 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Watchet (#W), and 12 miles (19 km) west of Taunton. The parish includes the hamlet of Willett. According to the UK census of 2011, the parish had a population of 103.

Willett House was built around 1816 as a country house by Richard Carver for Daniel Blommert.

The Church of St Martin, dedicated to St. Martin of Tours, dates from the 13th century and has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building. The church is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

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Governance

Elworthy was originally a parish in the Williton and Freemanors Hundred, one of the hundreds or early subdivisions of the county of Somerset. From 1894 until 1974 it was part of the Williton Rural District.

In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, all urban and rural districts across England were abolished and counties were reorganized into metropolitan and non-metropolitan districts. Elworthy joined the non-metropolitan West Somerset District which covered northwestern Somerset.

In 2019, for economic reasons, the West Somerset District joined with the Taunton Deane District to become the Somerset West and Taunton District.

Research Tips

  • GENUKI page on Elworthy.
  • An article on Elworthy from the Victoria History of the Counties of England – History of the County of Somerset, produced by The Institute of Historical Research.
  • The Somerset Heritage Centre (incorporating what was formerly the Somerset Record Office and the Somerset Local Studies Library) can be found at its new location at Langford Mead in Taunton. It has an online search facility leading to pages of interest, including maps from the First and Second Ordnance Survey (select "Maps and Postcards" from the list at the left, then enter the parish in the search box).
    The Heritage Centre has an email address: archives@somerset.gov.uk.
  • Three maps on the A Vision of Britain through Time website illustrate the changes in political boundaries over the period 1830-1945. All have expanding scales and on the second and third this facility is sufficient that individual parishes can be inspected.
  • Somerset Hundreds as drawn in 1832. This map was prepared before The Great Reform Act of that year. Note the polling places and representation of the various parts of the county.
  • Somerset in 1900, an Ordnance Survey map showing rural districts, the boundaries of the larger towns, the smaller civil parishes of the time, and some hamlets and villages in each parish
  • Somerset in 1943, an Ordnance Survey map showing the rural districts after the changes to their structure in the 1930s
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