Kewstoke, Somerset Family History Guide

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Kewstoke is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Other places in the parish include: Norton and Milton.

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1667
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1607

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Kewstoke Parish Registers

Kewstoke Church of England Confirmations, 1843-1913

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KEWSTOKE, a village and a parish, in Axbridge district, Somerset. The village stands on the coast, at Sand bay, 2 miles NNE of Weston-super-Mare r. station, and 9 NW of Axbridge. The parish contains also the hamlets of Milton and Norton. Post town, Weston-super-Mare. Acres, 4,008; of which 1,580 are water. Real property, with Worle, £12,194. Rated property of K. alone, £6, 600. Pop., 550. Houses, 111. The property is much subdivided.

The manor belongs to John Hellier, Esq. Woodspring priory here was founded in 1210, for Augustinian canons, by William de Courtenay; was dissolved in 1534, when it had a revenue of £111; and is now represented partly by a farm house, partly by a ruined tower, which retains much of its original character. A modern road, through a wood, from K. village to Weston, commands charming views over the Bristol channel to the Welsh mountains; and a flight of about 200 rude stairs, called Kew Steps, leads up to a magnificent view and an ancient camp on Worle Hill. Limestone is quarried.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £400. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church is Norman and early English; was recently restored; and comprises nave and chancel, with porch and tower. There are a national school, and charities £4.

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: Axbridge
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Axbridge
  • Poor Law Union: Axbridge
  • Hundred: Winterstoke
  • Province: Canterbury