Blackford (near Milborne-Port) is a chapelry of Maperton Ancient Parish in Somerset.
Alternative names: Blackford near Wincanton
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1684
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1594
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BLACKFORD, a parish in Wincanton district, Somerset; 4½ miles WSW of Wincanton r. station, and 5 N by W of Milborne-Port. Post town, North Cadbury, under Bath. Acres, 578. Real property, with Compton and Pauncefoot, £2,839. Pop., 164. Houses, 37. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £177. Patron, B. H. Hunt, Esq. The church is early English, with a fine Norman entrance-arch. There are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
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 Milborne-Port) – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Blackford, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Somerset, Blackford (near Milborne-Port) – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Blackford, near Milborne-Port, 1594-1862
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Blackford (near Milborne-Port, Somersetshire)
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)
Churchwardens’ accounts, 1685-1861
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Blackford (near Milborne-Port, Somersetshire)
England, Somerset, Blackford, parish registers, 1684-1991
Author: Somerset Record Office
Parish registers for Blackford, 1826-1901
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Blackford (Somersetshire)
Parish registers for Blackford, near Milborne-Port, 1684-1934
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Blackford (near Milborne-Port, Somersetshire)
England, Somerset, Blackford (near Milborne-Port) – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Blackford, 1767-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)
England, Somerset, Blackford (near Milborne-Port) – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1606-1837
Author: Blackford (near Milborne-Port, Somerset)
England, Somerset, Blackford (near Milborne-Port) – Public records ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1606-1837
Author: Blackford (near Milborne-Port, Somerset)
England, Somerset, Blackford (near Milborne-Port) – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Blackford, 1767-1832
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: Wincanton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells
- Diocese: Bath and Wells
- Rural Deanery: Cary
- Poor Law Union: Wincanton
- Hundred: Whitley
- Province: Canterbury