Brushford, Somerset Family History Guide

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Brushford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Brushford Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers.

Brushford Somerset Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1531-1812

Brushford 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.

Brushford 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.

Brushford Somerset Church of England Burials 1813-1914

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BRUSHFORD, a parish in the district of Tiverton and county of Somerset; on the river Exe, 1½ mile S of Dulverton, and 8 NW by N of Tiverton r. station. Post town, Dulverton, under Tiverton. Acres, 2,759. Real property, £2,429. Pop., 328. Houses, 64. The living is a rectory in the dio. of Bath and Wells. Value, £384. Patron, Earl Carnarvon. The church is good. There are a Wesleyan chapel and an endowed school.

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