Binegar, Somerset Family History Guide

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Binegar is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Other places in the parish include: Gurney Slade.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1769
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Binegar Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers.

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

Binegar 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.

Binegar 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.

Binegar Somerset Church of England Burials 1813-1914

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BINEGAR, a parish in Shepton-Mallet district, Somerset; at the eastern end of the Mendip hills, 4 miles N of Shepton-Mallet r. station, and 5 NW of Wells. Post Town, Shepton-Mallet. Acres, 1,216. Rated property, £1,949. Pop., 309. Houses, 70. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, not reported. Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church was rebuilt in 1859. A fair is held on the Wednesday and Thursday of Whitsun-week.

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

Maps

National Library of Scotland Maps – includes OS 25 inch 1892-1918 maps, a vast range of other historical OS maps and land use 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 Dean of Wells
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Frome
  • Poor Law Union: Shepton Mallet
  • Hundred: Wells Forum
  • Province: Canterbury