Fiddington, Somerset Family History Guide

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Fiddington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Other places in the parish include: Whitnell.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1706
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1597

Nonconformists include: General Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

Fiddington Parish Registers

Fiddington Church of England Confirmations, 1843-1913

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FIDDINGTON, a parish in Bridgewater district, Somerset; 3¼ miles SSW of Bridgewater bay, and 6 WNW of Bridgewater town and r. station. Post town, Cannington, under Bridgewater. Acres, 825. Real property, £923. Pop., 213. Houses, 53. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £200. Patron, the Rev. H. W. Rawlins. The church was repaired in 1859. There is an Independent chapel.

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

Maps

Vision of Britain Historical Maps – includes topographic maps, boundary maps and land use maps

Administration

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