Chew Stoke, Somerset Family History Guide

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Chew Stoke is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1663
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Chew Stoke Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers.

Chew Stoke Somerset Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1531-1812

Chew Stoke 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.

Chew Stoke 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.

Chew Stoke Somerset Church of England Burials 1813-1914

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHEW-STOKE, a parish in Clutton district, Somerset, 4½ miles SW of Pensford, and 5½ SSE of Bourton r. station. It has a post office under Bristol. Acres, 2,092. Real property, £5,097. Pop., 758. Houses, 173. The property is much subdivided. Limestone and building-stone occur. A small nunnery was founded here by Elizabeth de Santa Cruce. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £305. Patron, the Rev. W. P. Wait. The church is ancient but good. There is a Wesleyan chapel. A school has £91 from endowment; and other charities £29. Lord Mayor Champneis was a native.

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: Clutton
  • 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 – Chew
  • Poor Law Union: Clutton
  • Hundred: Chew
  • Province: Canterbury