Wilmington, Somerset Explained

Country:England
Static Image Name:Wilmington Farm - geograph.org.uk - 194982.jpg
Static Image Caption:Wilmington Farm
Official Name:Wilmington
Os Grid Reference:ST6950362495
Coordinates:51.3607°N -2.4394°W
Unitary England:Bath and North East Somerset
Lieutenancy England:Somerset
Region:South West England
Post Town:BATH
Postcode District:BA2 9
Postcode Area:BA
Constituency Westminster:Frome and East Somerset

Wilmington is a hamlet in the civil parish of Priston within the unitary authority of Bath and North East Somerset, England. It is nestled in the hilly countryside between the villages of Marksbury, Newton St Loe, Stanton Prior and Priston, 5 miles (8 km) west of Bath.[1]

It was previously in the hundred of Keynsham. The Domesday Book shows that in 1086 the settlement formed part of the estates of Bath Abbey under the lordship of a Walter Hussey, and consisted of nine households and a mill, with 10 acres of meadow and 10 of pasture.[2]

Wilmington Farm, adjacent to the hamlet, is a cattle farm of 320 acres owned by the Duchy of Cornwall.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Where is Wilmington? Wilmington on a map . 2024-02-06 . www.getthedata.com.
  2. Web site: Wilmington; Domesday Book . domesdaymap.co.uk . 2011 . 20 August 2011.
  3. Web site: Making the switch away from dairy . allbusiness.com . 2010. 12 March 2011.
  4. Web site: First year without dairy herd proves challenging . thisissomerset.co.uk . 2008. 12 March 2011.