Edington, Somerset Family History Guide

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Edington 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.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1552
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1599

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Edington Parish Registers

Baptism, Marriage and Burial Records

These records include images of Church of England parish registers.

Edington Somerset Church of England Baptisms Marriages and Burials 1531-1812

Edington Somerset Church of England Baptisms 1813-1914

Burtle 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.

Edington Somerset Marriage Registers Bonds and Allegations 1754-1914

Burtle 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.

Edington Somerset Church of England Burials 1813-1914

Burtle Somerset Church of England Burials 1813-1914

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

EDINGTON, a chapelry in Moorlinch parish, Somerset; near the Somerset and Dorset railway, 5½ miles ENE of Bridgewater. It has a station on the railway; contains the hamlet of Burtle; and its post town is Chilton, under Bridgewater. Acres, 2, 167. Real property, £4, 647. Pop., 432. Houses, 100. The living is a p. curacy united with the p. curacy of Chilton-on-Polden, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £120. Patron, the Rev. R. J. Luscombe. The church is ancient.

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: 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