Exford, Somerset

Historical Description

Exford, a village and a parish in Somerset. The village , stands on the river Exe, 11 miles NW by N of Dulverto½ station on the G.W.R., and has a post and money order office under Taunton; telegraph office, Porlock. The parish comprises 5956 acres; population, 430. Considerable tracts are diversified by deep vales and romantic hollows, and have many tumuli here called castles. About one-half of the entire area is waste. Vestiges of ancient ironworks occur about 1A- mile E of the church. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; net value, £340 with residence. Patron, St Peter's College, Cambridge. The church has a lofty tower and is good. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and charities.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Somerset Archives & Local Studies, have images of the Parish Registers for Somerset online.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Exford from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Exford (St. Mary Magdalene))

Maps

Online maps of Exford are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Somerset papers online:

• Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette
• Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser
• Western Gazette
• Wells Journal
• Somerset County Gazette

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Somersetshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.