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
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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
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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