Description
Wootton Courtney, a parish, with a village, in Somerset, 11 miles W of Williton, and 5 from Minehead station on the G.W.R. It has a post office under Dunster; money order and telegraph office, Dunster. Acreage, 3299; population of the civil parish, 299; of the ecclesiastical, 297. The manor belonged anciently to the Courtneys, and belongs now to the Dutton family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; net value, £200 with residence. Patron, Eton College. The church is an ancient building of stone in the Gothic style, and has been restored.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
