Nynehead is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the River Tone, 7 miles south-west of Taunton and 1.5 miles north-west of Wellington. The village has a population of 415. The first documentary evidence comes from 737 when the manor was granted to the Bishop of Winchester. In 890 the land was granted to a Wulfhere Gidding. The …Nynehead is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated on the River Tone, 7 miles south-west of Taunton and 1.5 miles north-west of Wellington. The village has a population of 415. The first documentary evidence comes from 737 when the manor was granted to the Bishop of Winchester. In 890 the land was granted to a Wulfhere Gidding. The parish of Nynehead was part of the Taunton Deane Hundred.