Alford Somerset Family History Guide

Alford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Parish church: All Saints

Parish registers begin: 1758 (BTs from 1575)

Nonconformists include: Society of Friends/Quaker

Parishes adjacent to Alford

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ALFORD, a village and a parish in Wincanton district, Somerset. The village stands on the river Brue, near Castlecary r. station, 8 miles SE of Glastonbury. It has a post office under Bath. A chalybeate spring in its neighbourhood was formerly much resorted to, but is now neglected. The parish comprises 722 acres. Real property, with Lovington and Wheathill, £3,793. Pop., 109. Houses, 21. The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Hornblotton, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £788. Patron, the Rev. J. G. Thring. The church is early perpendicular of the time of Henry VI.; with very fine features of structure and carving.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales 1850

Alford, 1 mile N.W. Castle-Carey. P. 90.

Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850.

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ALFORD (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Wincanton, hundred of Catsash, E. division of Somerset, 1¾ mile (W. by N.) from Castle-Cary; containing 90 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, consolidated with that of Hornblotton by act of parliament in 1836, and valued in the king’s books at £9. 9. 9.; patron and incumbent, the Rev. J. G. D. Thring. The tithes have been commuted for £140, and there are 40 acres of glebe. At a farmhouse, called Alford Well, about three-quarters of a mile from the church, is a saline chalybeate spring, now disused.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Somerset, Alford – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Alford, 1841-1891 Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Somerset, Alford – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Alford, 1594-1811 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Alford (Somersetshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Alford, 1594-1834 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Alford (Somersetshire)
Churchwardens’ accounts, 1764-1861 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Alford (Somersetshire)
England, Somerset, Alford, parish registers, 1758-1993 Author: Somerset Record Office
Parish registers for Alford, 1754-1839 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Alford (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Alford – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Alford, Somerset, England

England, Somerset, Alford – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Alford, 1766-1805 Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Alford – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Alford, 1766-1805 Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

Administration

  • County: Somerset
  • Civil Registration District: Wincanton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Cary
  • Poor Law Union: Wincanton
  • Hundred: Catsash
  • Province: Canterbury