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Selworthy

Selworthy parish lies within the Somerset side of the National Park. It forms much of the northern edge of the Vale of Porlock and includes the hamlets of Bossington, Lynch and Allerford.

Area:1195ha; area in National Park 1195ha

Population 2001 census: 477; occupied households: 219

County: Somerset; District: West Somerset; Ward: Holnicote

Meaning of place name: enclosure or settlement near sallows or willows: in the Domesday Book it was Selewrda.

Selworthy Green

Selworthy Green

From 2001 census Selworthy Exmoor average England average
population density: persons per hectare 0.40 0.16 3.45
% of population 15yrs old and under 16.6 14.9 20.15
% of population 60 yrs old and older 36.1 25.95 20.75
% males/ % females 50/50 (with Minehead Without) 48/52 48/52
average persons per occupied household 2.2 2.2 2.3
holiday and second homes: % of all household spaces 3.1 (with Minehead Without) 9.92 0.64
% population change since 1991 census +5 +2 +4

Allerford packhorse bridge

Allerford packhorse bridge

Bossington

Bossington

Acland memorial hut

Acland memorial hut, Selworthy Beacon

Tivington

Tivington