Loxton, Somerset Family History Guide

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Loxton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LOXTON, a village and a parish in Axbridge district, Somerset. The village stands on the river Axe, 3½ miles WNW of Axbridge, and 3½ SE of Weston-super-Mare Junction r. station; and has a postal pillar-box under Weston-super-Mare. The parish comprises 1,203 acres Real property, £2,696. Pop. in 1851, 209; in 1861, 154. Houses, 33. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Major Galton. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £284. Patron, the Rev. T. Barne. The church is a good stone edifice, in a mixed style; and consists of nave and chancel, with a tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a slightly endowed school, and charities £5.

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

Parish Registers

Marriages Out of Parish

DetailsPlace of Marriage
Abraham Fleet, of M., & Anne Beacham, of Loxton, co. Somerset 3 Apr. 1750Mere Wiltshire

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Somerset, Loxton – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Loxton, 1598-1840
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Loxton (Somersetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts and vestry minutes, 1827-1885
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Loxton (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Axbridge, Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, Church records, 1853-1891
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church (Axbridge, Somersetshire); Wesleyan Methodist Church. Banwell Circuit (Somersetshire); Bristol Record Office (Gloucestershire)

England, Somerset, Banwell, Wesleyan Methodist circuit, Church records, 1838-1897
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church. Banwell Circuit (Somersetshire); Bristol Record Office (Gloucestershire)

England, Somerset, Loxton, parish registers, 1558-1982
Author: Somerset Record Office

Parish registers for Loxton, 1558-1982
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Loxton (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Loxton – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Loxton, 1766-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Loxton – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1717-1810
Author: Loxton (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Loxton – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers of Loxton and Christon school, 1879-1963
Author: Loxton and Christon School (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Loxton – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Loxton, 1766-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

Maps

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

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