Milverton, Somerset

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Milverton is a village in Somerset

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Milverton within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Milverton in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Milverton.-- market town and par., Somerset, 6¼ miles W. of Taunton by rail, 5475 ac., pop. 1735; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank. Market-day, Friday. Dr Thomas Young (1773-1829), who established the undulatory theory of light, was a native.

Milverton in the Domesday Book

A village in Milverton hundred, in the county of Somerset.

Three manors recorded in Domesday.

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