Chilton Polden, Somerset Family History Guide
Chilton Polden is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Somerset, created in 1828 from chapelry in Moorlinch Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Burtle.
Alternative names: Chilton super Polden, Chilton upon Polden
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
Chilton Polden
- Parish registers: 1710
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1605
Burtle
- Parish registers: 1839
- Bishop’s Transcripts: None
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
Chilton Polden
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
CHILTON-UPON-POLDEN, a village and a chapelry in Moorlinch parish, Somerset. The village stands 3½ miles SSW of Edington-Road r. station, and 5 ENE of Bridgewater; and has a post-office, of the name of Chilton, under Bridgewater. The chapelry includes also part of the hamlet of Burtle. Acres, 1,856. Real property, £3, 717. Pop., 511. Houses, 118. A narrow hill-ridge here, called Cockhill, commands extensive and brilliant views; and is crowned by a museum, called Chilton Priory, containing some curious local antiquities. The living is a p. curacy, united with Edington, in the dio. of Bath and Wells. Value, £120. Patron, the Rev. R. J. Luscombe. There is an Independent chapel.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Burtle
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BURTLE, a chapelry in Moorlinch parish, Somerset: 3½ miles SSW of Edington-Road r. station, and 5½ ENE of Bridgewater. Post Town, Chilton, under Bridgewater. Pop., 248. Houses, 47. It was constituted in 1856. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £100. Patron, miss Field. The church is very good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Burtle Church
In 1838 Miss Ann Ruscombe Field (d. 1864) gave money for a church to be built in the part of Burtle in Edington parish. Its parish was created from Edington and Chilton Polden in 1856, and the living was a single benefice from its foundation until 1903 when it was joined with Catcott. In 1974 it became part of a new benefice of Shapwick with Ashcott. The patronage of the living descended from Ann Ruscombe Field to Gabriel Stone Poole and from him c. 1875 to his son Arthur Ruscombe Poole. It remained in the Poole family until 1946 when G. S. Poole transferred it to the bishop of Bath and Wells, who after 1974 presented every second turn to the benefice then created. A vicarage house was built in 1894, remained in use until 1974, and was sold in 1976. In 1997 it was occupied by Edington school.
Parish Records
Burtle Baptisms 1840 – 1859 (Partial Transcript only)
Chilton Polden Ch/CP through time | Census tables with data for the Parish-level Unit
Somerset Archives & Family History Groups
Weston-super-Mare & District FHS
Somerset Online Parish Clerk Project
Newspaper Archives
Bath Chronicle Newspaper 1770-1800
Forums
Somerset
Roy Parkhouse’s indexed parish register transcriptions
Somerset Pages Parish Register Transcripts
West Somerset Parish Register Transcriptions
Prisoners for Trial at Assizes 1810-1905
Prisoners in Ilchester Gaol 1821-44
Somerset Quarter Sessions 1625-1639
Visitations of Somerset 1531 & 1573
Somerset Historical Directories
Somerset Workhouse Admissions and Discharges
Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills Vol.1
Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills Vol.2
Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills Vol.3
Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills Vol.4
Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills Vol.5
Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills Vol.6
Somerset Medieval Wills 1501-1530
Records for England
Births and Baptism Records
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Marriage Records
Great Britain Marriages, 1797-1988
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Death Records
England Death Records, 1998-2015
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
Great Britain Deaths and Burials, 1778-1988
England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957
England and Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1640-1660
Non-Conformist Records
England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977
Census
England and Wales Census, 1841
England and Wales Census, 1851
England and Wales Census, 1861
England and Wales Census, 1871
England and Wales Census, 1881
England and Wales Census, 1891
England and Wales Census, 1901
England and Wales Census, 1911
Occupations
United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
War and Conflict
Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935
United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners’ Service Records, 1760-1913
United Kingdom, Royal Hospital Chelsea: Discharge Documents of Pensioners 1760-1887 (WO 122)
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
United Kingdom, Militia Service Records, 1806-1915
United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
United Kingdom, World War I Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Records, 1917-1920
Newspaper Archives
British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices
British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries
Maps
Chilton Polden – Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Burtle – 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 Wells
- Diocese: Bath and Wells
- Rural Deanery: Glastonbury
- Poor Law Union: Bridgwater
- Hundred: Whitley
- Province: Canterbury