Brompton Regis, Somerset Family History Guide
Brompton Regis is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.
Alternative names: King’s Brompton, Kingsbrompton
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1690
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1597
Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist and Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Morebath, Devon
- Leighland
- Dulverton
- Upton
- Huish Champflower
- Exton
- Luxborough
- Skilgate
- Withiel Florey
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BROMPTON-REGIS, a village and a parish in the district of Tiverton, and county of Somerset. The village stands near the river Exe, 3½ miles NE of Dulverton, and 10 N by W of Tiverton r. station; and has a post-office under Tiverton. It was once a market town; and fairs are still held at it on 1 Aug. and the second Thursday after 10 Oct. The parish comprises 8,810 acres. Real property, £6,718. Pop., 929. Houses, 182. The property is much subdivided. A priory of Black canons was founded at Barlinch, in the time of Henry H., by William de Lay. Building stone abounds. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £400. Patron, Emmanuel College, Cambridge. The church was restored in 1853. There are Independent and Bible Christian chapels, and charities £18.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
Brompton Regis (aka King’s Brompton)
FamilySearch
Use for:
England, Somerset, Kings-Brompton
Maps
Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Somerset
- Civil Registration District: Tiverton
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Taunton
- Diocese: Bath and Wells
- Rural Deanery: Dunster
- Poor Law Union: Dulverton
- Hundred: Williton and Freemanors
- Province: Canterbury