Lyng, Somerset Family History Guide

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Lyng is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Other places in the parish include: Island of Athelney, Athelney, and Athelney Island.

Alternative names: Ling

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1691
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1597

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LING, or LYNG, a village and a parish in Bridgewater district, Somerset. The village stands near the river Tone, the Bridgewater and Taunton canal, and the Durston and Athelney stations of the Bridgewater and Yeovil railway, 6 miles SSE of Bridgewater; and has a post-office under Taunton, and a fair on the first Monday of Aug. The parish includes Athelney island, and part of Burrowbridge chapel. Acres, 1,409. Real property, £3,523. Pop., 390. Houses, 77. The property is divided chiefly among four. The manor belongs to R. Gatcombe, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £121. Patron, R. K. Meade King, Esq. The church is ancient but good; and consists of nave and chancel, with a tower. There is a national school.

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

Parish Records

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England, Somerset, Lyng

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

England, Somerset, Ling – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Burrow-Bridge, 1838-1861
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Burrow-Bridge (Somersetshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Ling, 1597-1861
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ling (Somersetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts and vestry minutes, 1679-1870
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ling (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Lyng, parish registers, 1691-1992
Author: Somerset Record Office

Parish registers for Ling, 1691-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ling (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Ling – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Ling, 1767-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Ling – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1681-1834
Author: Ling (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Ling – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers of Lyng board school, 1871-1963
Author: Lyng Board School (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Ling – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Ling, 1767-1832
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: 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: Andersfield
  • Province: Canterbury