Barwick, Somerset Family History Guide

Barwick is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Other places in the parish include: Stoford.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Mary Magdalene

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1560
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1596

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BARWICK, a parish in Yeovil district, Somerset; on the verge of the county, 2 miles S of Yeovil r. station. It includes the hamlet of Stoford; and its Post Town is Yeovil. Acres, 784. Real property, £2,064. Pop., 458. Houses, 89. Barwick House is the seat of J. Newman, Esq. There are two flax mills. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £100. Patron, J. Newman, Esq. The church is early English.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

BARWICK (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in the union of Yeovil, hundred of Houndsborough, Berwick, and Coker, W. division of Somerset, 1¾ mile (S. by E.) from Yeovil; containing, with the hamlet of Stoford, 446 inhabitants. It is situated near the road between Yeovil and Dorchester, and comprises by measurement 784 acres. Flax-spinning is carried on to some extent; and sheep and cattle fairs are held on June 11th and Sept. 28th. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £7. 14. 7., and in the gift of John Newman, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £245, and there are 46 acres of glebe.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Somerset, Barwick – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Barwick, 1594-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barwick (Somersetshire)

Churchwardens accounts and vestry minutes, 1794-1878
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barwick (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Barwick, parish registers, 1560-1931
Author: Somerset Record Office

Parish registers of Barwick, 1560-1931
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Barwick (Somersetshire)

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

England, Somerset, Barwick – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Overseers’ accounts, 1764-1806
Author: Barwick (Somerset)

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

Maps

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

Administration

  • County: Somerset
  • Civil Registration District: Yeovil
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Merston
  • Poor Law Union: Yeovil
  • Hundred: Houndsborough, Barwick and Coker
  • Province: Canterbury