Chaffcombe, Somerset Family History Guide

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Chaffcombe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1680
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Chaffcombe Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers.

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

Chaffcombe 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.

Chaffcombe 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.

Chaffcombe Somerset Church of England Burials 1813-1914

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHAFFCOMBE, a parish in Chard district, Somerset; on the Chard canal, 2 miles NE of Chard r. station, and 3¼ S by W of Ilminster. Post town, Ilminster. Acres, 999. Real property, with Knowles-St. Giles, £2,896. Pop., 246. Houses, 50. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £143. Patron, Earl Poulett. The church is early English, and was restored in 1859.

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: Chard
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Taunton
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Crewkerne
  • Poor Law Union: Chard
  • Hundred: South Petherton
  • Province: Canterbury