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

Adjacent Parishes

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

FamilySearch

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

England, Somerset, Batcombe – Church history ( 1 )
A History of Batcombe Church : St. Mary the Virgin, Batcombe, Somerset

England, Somerset, Batcombe – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Batcombe, 1597-1669
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Batcombe (Somersetshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Batcombe, 1597-1840
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Batcombe (Somersetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1669-1766
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Batcombe (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Shepton Mallet, Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, Church records, 1838-1907
Author: Wesleyan Church. Shepton Mallet Circuit (Gloucestershire); Bristol Record Office (Gloucestershire)

Parish registers for Batcombe, 1642-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Batcombe (Somersetshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Upton-Noble (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Batcombe – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Batcombe, Somerset, England

England, Somerset, Batcombe – Land and property ( 3 )
Court records, 1735-1763
Author: Rectory Manor of Batcombe. Court

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

Poor law records, 1601-1858
Author: Batcombe (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Batcombe – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court records, 1735-1763
Author: Rectory Manor of Batcombe. Court

England, Somerset, Batcombe – Occupations ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1601-1858
Author: Batcombe (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Batcombe – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1601-1858
Author: Batcombe (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Batcombe – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Batcombe, 1767-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

Poor law records, 1601-1858
Author: Batcombe (Somerset)

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