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

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

FamilySearch

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

England, Somerset, Marksbury – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Marksbury, 1603-1848
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Marksbury (Somersetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1675-1799
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Marksbury (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Marksbury, parish registers, 1563-1981
Author: Somerset Record Office

England, Somerset, Paulton, Paulton Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, Church records, 1902-1907
Author: Methodist Church. Paulton Circuit (Paulton, Somersetshire); Bristol Record Office (Gloucestershire)

Parish registers for Marksbury, 1563-1888
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Marksbury (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Marksbury – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Marksbury, 1766-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Marksbury – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1768-1823
Author: Marksbury (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Marksbury – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Marksbury, 1766-1831
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: 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