Curry Rivel, Somerset Family History Guide

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Curry Rivel is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Other places in the parish include: Wick, Westport, Week, Portfield, Burton Pynsent, and Wiltown.

Alternative names: Curry Rivell

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1606
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist and Independent/Congregational.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CURRY-RIVELL, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Langport district, Somerset. The village stands near the river Parret and the Durston and Yeovil railway, 2 miles WSW of Langport; and has a post-office under Taunton, and fairs on the last Wednesday of Feb., and the Monday after 1 Aug. The parish includes also the tythings of Hambridge and Portfield, part of the tythings of Burton-Pynsent and Week, and part of the hamlet of Westport. Acres, 4, 108. Real property, £9, 550. Pop., 1, 704. Houses, 359. The property is much subdivided The surface is hilly; and the rocks include blue has. The living is a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of Weston, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £310. Patron, W. Speke, Esq. The church is early English; consists of nave and chancel, with porch and tower; has beautiful windows; and contains carved oaken seats and screen, and a curious monument of M. and R. Jennings. The vicarage of Hambridge is a separate benefice. Charities, £28.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Registers

Curry Rivel Marriages 1642-1812

Parish Records

Sarah Hawkins Genealogy Site – Curry Rivel Somerset

FamilySearch

England, Somerset, Curry-Rivell – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Curry-Rivell, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Somerset, Curry-Rivell – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Curry-Rivell, 1601-1863
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Curry-Rivell (Somerset)

Bishop’s transcripts for Curry-Rivell, 1607-1638
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Curry-Rivell (Somerset)

Bishop’s transcripts for Hambridge, 1844-1847
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Hambridge (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Curry Rivel, parish registers, 1628-1982
Author: Somerset Record Office

Marriages at Curry Rivell, 1642-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Curry-Rivell (Somerset)

Parish chest material, 1673-1874
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Curry-Rivell (Somerset)

Parish registers of Curry-Rivell, 1628-1921
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Curry-Rivell (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Curry-Rivell – Court records ( 1 )
The court rolls of the manor of Curry Rivell in the years of the black death, 1348-1349
Author: Chanter, John Frederick

England, Somerset, Curry-Rivell – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Curry-Rivell, 1766-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Curry-Rivell – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1663-1892
Author: Curry-Rivell (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Curry-Rivell – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Curry-Rivell, 1766-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

Somerset Historical Directories

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

Administration

  • County: Somerset
  • Civil Registration District: Langport
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Taunton
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Crewkerne
  • Poor Law Union: Langport
  • Hundred: Abdick and Bulstone
  • Province: Canterbury