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.

Adjacent Parishes

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

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England, Somerset, Kings-Brompton

England, Somerset, Brompton-Regis – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Brompton-Regis, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Somerset, Brompton-Regis – Church records ( 5 )
Births and baptisms, 1823-1837
Author: Kings-Brompton Circuit (Brompton-Regis, Somersetshire : Bible Christian)

Births and baptisms, 1823-1837
Author: Kings-Brompton Circuit (Brompton-Regis, Somersetshire : Bible Christian)

Bishop’s transcripts for Brompton-Regis, 1597-1841
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brompton-Regis (Somersetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, pew lists and vestry minutes, 1629-1894
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brompton-Regis (Somersetshire)

Parish registers for Brompton-Regis, 1690-1901
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brompton-Regis (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Brompton-Regis – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Brompton-Regis, Somerset, England (Bible Christian) ; christenings, 1823-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Somerset, Brompton-Regis – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Brompton-Regis, 1766-1833
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Brompton-Regis – Schools ( 3 )
Admission registers of Brompton-Regis Church of England school, 1899-1980
Author: Brompton-Regis Church of England School (Somerset)

Admission registers of Bury National School, 1874-1926
Author: Bury National School (Somerset)

Admission registers of Kings Brompton national school, 1878-1910
Author: Kings Brompton National School (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Brompton-Regis – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Brompton-Regis, 1766-1833
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: 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