Blackford (near Axbridge), Somerset Family History Guide
Blackford (near Axbridge) is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Somerset, created in 1844 from Wedmore Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: Blackford Holy Trinity
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1826
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1831
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BLACKFORD, a chapelry in Wedmore parish, Somerset; between the rivers Axe and Brue, 2¾ miles N by E of Edington Road r. station, and 4½ S of Axbridge. It has a post-office under Weston-super-Mare. Pop., 677. Houses, 147. The chapelry was constituted in 1844 The manor belonged to H. Saxey, and was given by him to Bruton hospital. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £300. Patron, the Vicar of Wedmore. The church is modern.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Somerset
- Civil Registration District: Axbridge
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells
- Diocese: Bath and Wells
- Rural Deanery: Axbridge
- Poor Law Union: Axbridge
- Hundred: Bempstone
- Province: Canterbury