Angersleigh, Somerset Family History Guide

Angersleigh, is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset

Parish church: St. Michael

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1678
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1594

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ANGERSLEIGH, a parish in Taunton district, Somerset; on the verge of the county, under Black Down hills, 4 miles SSW of Taunton r. station. Post Town, Wellington, Somerset. Acres, 403. Real property, £656. Pop., 30. Houses, 8. The property is not much divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £111. Patron, the Rev. H. T. Tucker. The church has a painted window representing the arms and alliances of the ancient family of Lyte.

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

Angersleigh, 4¼ miles S.E. Wellington. P. 42.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ANGERSLEIGH (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Taunton, hundred of Taunton and TauntonDean, W. division of Somerset, 4 miles (S. S. W.) from Taunton; containing 42 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 411 acres, of which the arable and pasture are in nearly equal portions. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £4. 19. 4½., and in the gift of the Rev. Henry Tippets Tucker: the tithes have been commuted for £98, and there are 18 acres of glebe.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848