Barton St David, Somerset Family History Guide

Barton St David is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Alternative names: St David Barton

Parish church: St. David

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1714
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BARTON-ST.-DAVID, a parish in Langport district, Somerset; on the river Brue, 4 miles NE of Somerton, and 6 SE of Glastonbury r. station. Post Town, Somerton, under Taunton. Acres, 945. Real property, £2,002. Pop., 404. Houses, 88. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £60. Patron, the Rev. Mr. Garrett. The church was restored in 1858. There is an Independent chapel.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

BARTON (St. David), a parish, in the union of Langport, hundred of Catsash, E. division of Somerset, 5 miles (N. E. by N.) from Somerton; containing 455 inhabitants. This parish, which comprises 945a. 31p., is intersected by the roads from Keinton-Mansfield to Butleigh and Baltonsborough respectively, and the river Brue divides the parish from the last named place. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £8; net income, £61; patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The tithes have been commuted for £170, and there are 54 acres of glebe, with a house. The church is an ancient edifice, in the churchyard of which is a stone pedestal of St. David, preserved when the church was dedicated. There is a place of worship for Independents.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Somerset, Barton-St. David – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Barton-St. David, 1598-1826
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barton-St. David (Somersetshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Barton-St. David, 1607-1679
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barton-St. David (Somersetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1764-1854
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barton-St. David (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Barton St David, parish registers, 1714-1993
Author: Somerset Record Office

Parish registers of Barton-St. David, 1714-1993
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barton-St. David (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Barton-St. David – Land and property ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for Barton-St. David, 1766-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

Land tax assessments for Barton-St. David, 1767-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

Poor law records, 1809-1867
Author: Barton-St. David (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Barton-St. David – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1809-1867
Author: Barton-St. David (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Barton-St. David – Taxation ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for Barton-St. David, 1766-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

Land tax assessments for Barton-St. David, 1767-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

Poor law records, 1809-1867
Author: Barton-St. David (Somerset)

Maps

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

Administration

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