Burrowbridge, Somerset Family History Guide

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Burrowbridge is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Somerset, created in 1840 from Lyng Ancient Parish, Othery Ancient Parish, Westonzoyland Ecclesiastical Parish, Middlezoy Ancient Parish, Bridgwater Ancient Parish, North Petherton Ancient Parish and Stoke St Gregory Ecclesiastical Parish.

Alternative names: Boroughbridge, Burrow Bridge

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1838
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1838

Nonconformists include: Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

Burrowbridge Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers.

Burrowbridge 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.

Burrowbridge 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.

Burrowbridge Somerset Church of England Burials 1813-1914

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BURROW-BRIDGE, a chapelry in Stoke-St. Gregory, Bridgewater, Lyng, Middlesoy, North Petherton, Othery, and Weston-Zoyland parishes, Somerset; on the river Parret, 2 miles NW of South Petherton, and 6 S of Langport r. station. Post town, South Petherton, under Ilminster. Pop., 692. Houses, 144. The chapelry was constituted in 1840. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £100. Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church 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: Bridgwater; Taunton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Taunton
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Bridgwater
  • Poor Law Union: Bridgwater
  • Hundred: Andersfield; Bridgwater Borough; North Curry; North Petherton; Whitley
  • Province: Canterbury