Chilcompton, Somerset Family History Guide

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Chilcompton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Other places in the parish include: Norton Down and Bowden Hill.

Parish church: St John the Baptist

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1649
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Chilcompton Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers.

Chilcompton St John the Baptist Somerset Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1531-1812

Chilcompton St John the Baptist 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.

Chilcompton St John the Baptist 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.

Chilcompton St John the Baptist Somerset Church of England Burials 1813-1914

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHILCOMPTON, a parish in Clutton district, Somerset; near the east end of the Mendip hills, 6½ miles N by E of Shepton-Mallet r. station, and 7½ NE by N of Wells. It has a post-office under Bath. Acres, 1,233. Real property, £3,395. Pop., 730. Houses, 155. The property is subdivided. Coal and red sandstone occur. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £129. Patron, H. S. W. Tooker, Esq. The church is modern. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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 (Consistory) of the Dean of Wells
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Frome
  • Poor Law Union: Clutton
  • Hundred: Chewton
  • Province: Canterbury