Charlynch, Somerset Family History Guide

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Charlynch or Charlinch is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Alternative names: Charlidge, Charlinch

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1744
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1594

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Charlynch Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers.

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

Charlynch 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.

Charlynch Somerset Marriage Registers Bonds and Allegations 1754-1914

Charlynch Parish Registers Marriages 1745 to 1779 Somerset Parish Registers Marriages V. 6 Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore & W. A. Bell & C. W. Whistler. Publisher: Phillimore & Co. Date of publication: 1905. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Death and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers of deaths and burial records.

Charlynch Somerset Church of England Burials 1813-1914

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHARLINCH, or Charlidge, a parish in Bridgewater district, Somerset; on an affluent of the river Parret, near the Quantock hills, 4 miles W by N of Bridgewater r. station. Post town, Bridgewater. Acres, 1,432. Assessed property, £1,916. Pop., 241. Houses, 44. The property is divided among a few. The Agapemone or Love’s Abode here is an establishment of Communists, founded by Henry James Prince, originally a curate, and called after him Princites. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £440. Patron, Lord Taunton. The church is old but good. There are a national school and charities £9.

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