Brympton, Somerset Family History Guide

Brympton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Other places in the parish include: Houndstone and Alvington.

Alternative names:

  • Brimpton
  • Brympton d’Evercy
  • Brympton D’Everey

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1699
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BRIMPTON, a parish in Yeovil district, Somerset; adjacent to the Yeovil and Exeter railway, 2 miles W by S of Yeovil. It includes the hamlets of Alvington and Houndstone; and its Post town is Yeovil. Acres, 465. Real property, with Hestcombe, £3,014. Pop., 135. Houses, 24. The property is much subdivided. The manor once belonged to the Sydenhams; and Brimpton House now belongs to the Earl of Westmoreland. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £170. Patron, Mrs. E. Morris. The church is good.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Somerset, Brimpton – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Brimpton, 1602-1639
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brimpton (Somersetshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Brimpton, 1602-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brimpton (Somersetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1843-1891
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brimpton (Somersetshire)

Parish registers for Brimpton, 1699-1836
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Brimpton (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Brimpton – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Brympton, 1766-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Brimpton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Brympton, 1766-1832
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: Yeovil
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Ilchester
  • Poor Law Union: Yeovil
  • Hundred: Stone
  • Province: Canterbury