Brompton Regis, Somerset Family History Guide

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Brompton Regis is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Alternative names: King’s Brompton, Kingsbrompton

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1690
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1597

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist and Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Brompton Regis Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers.

Brompton Regis Somerset Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1531-1812

Brompton Regis 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.

Brompton Regis 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.

Brompton Regis Somerset Church of England Burials 1813-1914

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].

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: 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