Berkley, Somerset Family History Guide

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Berkley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Other places in the parish include: Old Ford.

Alternative names: Berkeley

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1546
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1601

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Berkley Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers.

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

Berkley 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.

Berkley 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.

Berkley Somerset Church of England Burials 1813-1914

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BERKELEY, or Berkley, a parish in Frome district, Somerset; on the Great Western railway, 2 miles ENE of Frome. It includes part of the tything of Old Ford; and its Post Town is Frome. Acres, 1,927. Real property, with Standerwick, £3,351. Pop., 386. Houses, 86. The property is divided among a few. Berkeley House is the seat of E. Dickinson, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £410. Patron, Sir Mordant, Bart. The church is good.

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

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: Frome
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Frome
  • Poor Law Union: Frome
  • Hundred: Frome
  • Province: Canterbury