Batcombe, Somerset Family History Guide
Batcombe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1642
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1597
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
- Wanstrow
- Upton Noble
- South Brewham with North Brewham
- Milton Clevedon
- Evercreech with Chesterblade
- West Cranmore
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BATCOMBE, a parish in Shepton-Mallet district, Somerset; near the East Somerset railway, 3 miles N of Bruton. It has a post-office under Bath. Acres, 3,229. Real property, £4,006. Pop., 713. Houses, 172. The living is a rectory, united with the vicarage of Upton Noble, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, not reported. Patron, the Rev. J. Brown. The church was restored in 1844. There are two Wesleyan chapels.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BATCOMBE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Shepton-Mallet, hundred of Whitestone, E. division of Somerset, 3 miles (N. by E.) from Bruton; containing 780 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 3170 acres, of which 670 are arable. The living is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy of Upton-Noble annexed, valued in the king’s books at £26. 14. 4½.; net income, £690; patron and incumbent, the Rev. J. Browne. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
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: Shepton Mallet
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells
- Diocese: Bath and Wells
- Rural Deanery: Cary
- Poor Law Union: Shepton Mallet
- Hundred: Whitstone (Somerset)
- Province: Canterbury