Description
Monksilver, a village and a parish in Somerset. The village stands 3 miles W of Williton station on the G.W.R., and 6 1/2 N by W of Wiveliscombe, and has a post office under Taunton; money order and telegraph office, Stogumber. The parish comprises 783 acres; population of the civil parish, 188; of the ecclesiastical, 191. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; gross value, £230 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church comprises aisles and chancel, with porch and tower; it was restored in 1874.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
