Burnett, Somerset Family History Guide

Burnett is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1749
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1592

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

• Compton Dando
• Corston
• Keynsham

Burnett Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers.

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

Burnett 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.

Burnett 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.

Burnett Somerset Church of England Burials 1813-1914

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BURNETT, a parish in Keynsham district, Somerset; on the river Chew, adjacent to the Great Western railway, 2 miles SE of Keynsham. Post town, Keynsham, under Bristol. Acres, 608. Real property, £1,339. Pop., 98. Houses, 16. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £125. Patron, the Rev. J. B. Doveton. The church has a brass of 1575, and is good.

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: Keynsham
• Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Bath and Wells (Episcopal Consistory)
• Diocese: Bath and Wells
• Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – Redcliffe and Bedminster, Post-1846 – Bath
• Poor Law Union: Keynsham
• Hundred: Keynsham
• Province: Canterbury