Barrow Gurney, Somerset Family History Guide

Barrow Gurney is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Alternative names: Barrow

Parish church: Holy Trinity

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1590
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BARROW-GURNEY, a parish in Bedminster district, Somerset; 1¼ mile SSE of Burton r. station, and 5 WSW of Bristol. Post Town, Long-Ashton, under Bristol. Acres, 2,026. Real property, £3,360. Pop., 321. House, 61. The property is divided among four. Barrow Court, near Barrow Hill, is a fine Tudor mansion, the seat of J. H. Blagrave, Esq., and occupies the site of a Benedictine nunnery founded by the Fitzhardinges. The living is a donative in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £66.* Patron, J. H. Blagrave, Esq.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

BARROW-GURNEY (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Bedminster, hundred of Hartcliffe with Bedminster, E. division of Somerset, 5 miles (S. W.) from Bristol; containing 303 inhabitants. It comprises 2026 acres, of which 339 are arable, 1448 pasture, 97 wood, and 16 common. The living is a donative; net income, £71; patron, Montague Gore, Esq. A Benedictine nunnery was founded here about 1200, the revenue of which, at the Dissolution, was valued at £29. 6. 8.: the site is occupied by a fine old mansion in the Elizabethan style.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Somerset, Barrow-Gurney – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Collections for a parochial history of Barrow Gurney
Author: Wadmore, J. A. W.

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

England, Somerset, Barrow-Gurney – Church history ( 1 )
Collections for a parochial history of Barrow Gurney
Author: Wadmore, J. A. W.

England, Somerset, Barrow-Gurney – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Barrow-Gurney, 1607-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barrow-Gurney (Somersetshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Barrow-Gurney, 1607-1850
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barrow-Gurney (Somersetshire)

Marriages at Barrow Gurney, 1593-1811
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barrow-Gurney (Somersetshire)

Parish registers of Barrow-Gurney, 1590-1904
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barrow-Gurney (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Barrow-Gurney – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Barrow-Gurney baptism index, 1591-1894

Computer printout of Barrow Gurney, Somerset, England

England, Somerset, Barrow-Gurney – History ( 1 )
Collections for a parochial history of Barrow Gurney
Author: Wadmore, J. A. W.

England, Somerset, Barrow-Gurney – Land and property ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Barrow-gurney, 1759-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

Poor rates, 1833-1866
Author: Barrow-Gurney (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Barrow-Gurney – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor rates, 1833-1866
Author: Barrow-Gurney (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Barrow-Gurney – Schools ( 2 )
Admission registers of Barrow-Gurney Church of England school, 1906-1968
Author: Barrow-Gurney Church of England School (Somerset)

Admission registers of Barrow-Gurney mixed school
Author: Barrow-Gurney Mixed School (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Barrow-Gurney – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Barrow-gurney, 1759-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

Poor rates, 1833-1866
Author: Barrow-Gurney (Somerset)

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

Administration

  • County: Somerset
  • Civil Registration District: Bedminster
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Bath and Wells (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – Redcliffe and Bedminster, Post-1846 – Chew
  • Poor Law Union: Bedminster
  • Hundred: Hartcliffe with Bedminster
  • Province: Canterbury