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

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1826
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1831

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

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].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Somerset, Blackford (near Axbridge) – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Wedmore, 1598-1865
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wedmore (Somersetshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Blackford (Somersetshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Theale (Berkshire)

England, Somerset, Axbridge, Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, Church records, 1853-1891
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church (Axbridge, Somersetshire); Wesleyan Methodist Church. Banwell Circuit (Somersetshire); Bristol Record Office (Gloucestershire)

England, Somerset, Weare, No. 2 circuit Bible Christian church, Church records, 1872-1908
Author: Bible Christian Church (Weare, Somersetshire); Bristol Record Office (Gloucestershire)

England, Somerset, Blackford (near Axbridge) – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Blackford (near Axbridge), 1766-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Blackford (near Axbridge) – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Blackford (near Axbridge), 1766-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

Maps

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

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