Wilmington, Somerset

Wilmington
Wilmington Farm
Wilmington Location within Somerset
OS grid reference	ST6950362495
Unitary authority	Bath and North East Somerset
Ceremonial county	Somerset
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BATH
Postcode district	BA2 9
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Frome and East Somerset
List of places UK England Somerset 51°21′39″N2°26′22″W / 51.3607°N 2.4394°W / 51.3607; -2.4394

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. ^[2] 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. ^[3]

Wilmington Farm, adjacent to the hamlet, is a cattle farm of 320 acres owned by the Duchy of Cornwall. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. "Where is Wilmington? Wilmington on a map". www.getthedata.com. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
2. James S. Hill (1914), The Place-names of Somerset, p. 133
3. "Wilmington; Domesday Book". domesdaymap.co.uk. 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
4. "Making the switch away from dairy". allbusiness.com. 2010. Retrieved 12 March 2011.
5. "First year without dairy herd proves challenging". thisissomerset.co.uk. 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2011.