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.

The village was the site of a boat lift on the Grand Western Canal, and the remains of two aqueducts are still standing.
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.
The village was the site of a boat lift on the Grand Western Canal, and the remains of two aqueducts are still standing.
Nynehead