Bath St James, Somerset Family History Guide

Bath St James is a chapelry of Bath Abbey Ancient Parish in Somerset.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1569
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603

Nonconformists include: Baptist, Irvingite/Catholic Apostolic Church, Jewish, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Swedenborgian/New Jerusalem/New Church.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

See Bath Abbey, Somerset Family History Guide

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Somerset, Bath – Church records ( 6 )
Parish registers for St. James’ Church, Bath, 1569-1901
Author: Church of England. St. James’ Church (Bath, Somersetshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Lyncombe and Widcombe (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Bath, St James parish registers, 1569-1917
Author: Somerset Record Office

Bath bishop’s transcripts, 1603-1869
Author: Church of England. St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church (Bath, Somerset); Church of England. St. Michael’s Church (Bath, Somersetshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Lyncombe and Widcombe (Somersetshire); Church of England. St. James’ Church (Bath, Somersetshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Bath parishes, 1603-1802
Author: Church of England. St. James’ Church (Bath, Somersetshire); Church of England. St. Michael’s Church (Bath, Somersetshire); Church of England. St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church (Bath, Somerset)

Bishop’s transcripts for Lyncombe and Widcombe, 1605-1850
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lyncombe and Widcombe (Somersetshire); Church of England. St. James’ Church (Bath, Somersetshire)

Churchwrdens’ accounts, vestry minutes, etc., 1701-1890
Author: Church of England. St. James’ Church (Bath, Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Bath – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Bath, Somerset, England (St. James), Christenings, 1607-1696

England, Somerset, Bath – Land and property ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for St. James, St. Michael and St. Peter & Paul, Bath, 1766
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

Churchwrdens’ accounts, vestry minutes, etc., 1701-1890
Author: Church of England. St. James’ Church (Bath, Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Bath – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for St. James, St. Michael and St. Peter & Paul, Bath, 1766
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: Bath
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Bath and Wells (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Bath
  • Poor Law Union: Bath
  • Hundred:
  • Province: Canterbury