Curry Rivel, Somerset Family History Guide
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.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Langport
- Aller
- Drayton
- Swell
- Isle Brewers
- Fivehead
- Land Common to North Curry and Stoke St Gregory
- Huish Episcopi
- Buckland St Mary
- Hambridge with Earnshill
- Hatch Beauchamp
- Beer Crocombe
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
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