Ashbrittle, Somerset Family History Guide

Ashbrittle is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Other places in the parish include: Greenham.

Status: Ancient Parish

Parish church: St. John the Baptist

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1563
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

Nonconformists include:

Parishes adjacent to Ashbrittle

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASHBRITTLE, a parish in Wellington district, Somerset; on the verge of the county, and on the river Tone, near the Western canal, 3¼ miles from the Bristol and Exeter railway, 6 miles W by S of Wellington. It includes the tything of Greenham; and its Post Town is Wellington, Somerset. Acres, 2,489. Real property, £3,715. Pop., 525. Houses, 100. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £450. Patron, J. Quicke, Esq. The church is mainly old, partly new. There are a chapel of ease, built in 1860, and a national school.

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

Ashbrittle, 5 miles S. W. Milverton. P. 540.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ASHBRITTLE (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Wellington, hundred of Milverton, W. division of Somerset, 6¾ miles (W.) from Wellington; containing 540 inhabitants, and comprising 2489a. 2r. 10p., of which 95 acres are common or waste. The parish is situated on the borders of the county of Devon, and includes the tything of Greenham. Fairs are held in Feb. and Oct. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £19. 3. 11½., and in the gift of J. Quick, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £400, and the glebe consists of 80 acres.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Somerset, Ashbrittle – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Ashbrittle, 1568-1812 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashbrittle (Somersetshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Ashbrittle, 1568-1837 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashbrittle (Somersetshire)
England, Somerset, Ashbrittle, parish registers, 1563-1981 Author: Somerset Record Office
Marriages at Ashbrittle, 1563-1812 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ashbrittle (Somersetshire)

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

England, Somerset, Ashbrittle – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Ashbrittle, 1766-1832 Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Ashbrittle – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Ashbrittle, 1766-1832 Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

Administration

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