Bathealton, Somerset Family History Guide

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Bathealton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Alternative names: Badialton

Parish church: St. Bartholomew

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1712
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1606

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Bathealton Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers.

Bathealton Somerset Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1531-1812

Bathealton Somerset Church of England Baptisms 1813-1914

Marriage and Banns Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of marriages and banns records.

Bathealton Somerset Marriage Registers Bonds and Allegations 1754-1914

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Bathealton Somerset Church of England Burials 1813-1914

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BATHEALTON, a parish in Wellington district, Somerset; near the Western canal, 4½ miles WNW of Wellington r. station, and 5½ from Wellington. It has a post-office under Wellington, Somerset. Acres, 941. Real property, £1,481. Pop., 135. Houses, 26. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £226. Patron, the Rev. E. Webber. The church is good.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

BATHEALTON, or Badialton (St. Bartholomew), a parish, in the union of Wellington, hundred of Milverton, W. division of Somerset, 3 miles (S.) from Wiveliscombe; containing 135 inhabitants. It comprises by computation 860 acres, the soil of which is fertile, and in fine cultivation; stone of good quality for building is quarried to a considerable extent. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £7. 2. 6., and in the patronage of the Rev. Edward Webber: the tithes have been commuted for £195, and the glebe comprises 45 acres, with a house. The church was erected in 1572. A mile westward is a circular intrenchment called Castles, within the area of which some Roman coins have been discovered.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Maps

National Library of Scotland OS maps

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

Administration

  • County: Somerset
  • Civil Registration District: Wellington (Somerset)
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Taunton
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Taunton
  • Poor Law Union: Wellington
  • Hundred: Milverton
  • Province: Canterbury