Marksbury Somerset Family History Guide
Marksbury is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.
Other places in the parish include: Houndstreet.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1563
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MARKSBURY, a village and a parish in Keynsham district, Somerset. The village stands 3½ miles S of Keynsham r. station, and 5½ WSW of Bath; and has a post-office under Bristol. The parish contains also the hamlet of Houndstreet. Acres, 1,277. Real property, £2,590. Pop., 307. Houses, 65. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £240. Patron, F. L. Polpham, Esq. The church is ancient but good; and consists of nave and chancel, with porch and tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel and 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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Maps
Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Somerset
- Civil Registration District: Keynsham
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Bath and Wells (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Bath and Wells
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – Redcliffe and Bedminster, Post-1846 – Bath
- Poor Law Union: Keynsham
- Hundred: Keynsham
- Province: Canterbury