 Wedmore's market cross was moved roughly 100 yards along The Borough in the 1830s to allow widening of the high street.Between 1881 and 1898 the Reverend Hervey produced the "Wedmore Chronicle" which gives a picture of the people and area at the time.In late 2018, Strongvox Homes commissioned the development of 35 new houses to the east of Wedmore First School Academy on Blackford Road, with a completion date of early 2020.