Bishops Lydeard, Somerset Family History Guide

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Bishops Lydeard is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Other places in the parish include: East Coombe, Frec, Free, Hill, Kenley Bottom, East Bagborough, Church, Cames Ash, Ash Week, Lydeard Punchardon, Town, Quantock Hill, and Quantock.

Alternative names: Bishop’s Lydeard

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1674
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Bishops Lydeard Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers.

Bishops Lydeard Somerset Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1531-1812

Bishops Lydeard 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.

Bishops Lydeard 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.

Bishops Lydeard Somerset Church of England Burials 1813-1914

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BISHOPS-LYDEARD, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in the district of Taunton, Somerset. The village stands near the Quantock hills, adjacent to the Taunton and Watchet railway, 5 miles NNW of Taunton; and has a station on the railway, a post-office under Taunton, and a fair on 5 April. The parish includes the tythings of Lydeard-Punchardon, Town, Church, East Bagborough, Quantock-Hill, East Coombe, Cames-Ash, Ash-Week, and Free, and the hamlet of Kenley-Bottom. Acres, 4,686. Real property, £9,086. Pop., 1,459. Houses, 292. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £120. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Wells. The church has a very beautiful tower, in perpendicular English, of the time of Henry VII.; and was repaired in 1860. There are two sculptured crosses in the churchyard, an Independent chapel, a parochial school, a petty sessions courthouse, ten alms-houses with £126 a year, and other charities £40. The Rev. F. Warre, who became vicar in 1836, is known for learned local researches.

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: Taunton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Dean and Chapter of Wells
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Taunton
  • Poor Law Union: Taunton
  • Hundred: West Kingsbury
  • Province: Canterbury