Marston Bigot Somerset Family History Guide

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Marston Bigot is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Other places in the parish include: Gaer Hill.

Alternative names: Marston Bigott

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1654
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MARSTON-BIGOTT, a village and a parish in Frome district, Somerset. The village stands near the East Somerset railway, 2½ miles SW of Frome r. station; and gives the title of Baron to the Earl of Cork. The parish contains also the hamlet of Gaer-Hill; and its Post town is Frome. Acres, 2,238. Real property, £4,010. Pop. in 1851, 449; in 1861, 379. Houses, 83. The property is subdivided. The manor, with Marston House, belongs to the Earl of Cork; and came into the possession of his ancestors about 1630. A spot called Marston-Moat was the site of a more ancient manor-house. A field called Conqueror’s Mead, near that spot, is said to have been the scene of a great battle in ancient times; and it has a barrow, supposed to have been formed by internment of the slain. A bastard freestone abounds, and is used for mortar and for manure. Bricks and tiles are made. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £280. Patron, the Earl of Cork. The church was rebuilt in 1789; is in the Norman style; consists of nave and chancel, with porch and tower; and has beautiful stained glass windows. A chapel of ease is at Gaer-Hill: and national schools are there and at the village.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Somerset, Marston-Bigott – Church history ( 1 )
Rural affairs, 1826 : [R.J. Meade]
Author: McGarvie, Michael; Meade, R. J.

England, Somerset, Marston-Bigott – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Marston-Bigott, 1598-1849
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Marston-Bigott (Somersetshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Marston-Bigott, 1607-1639
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Marston-Bigott (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Marston-Bigot, parish registers, 1654-1987
Author: Somerset Record Office

Parish registers for Marston-Bigott, 1654-1906
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Marston-Bigott (Somersetshire)

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

England, Somerset, Marston-Bigott – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records,1800-1819
Author: Marston-Bigott (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Marston-Bigott – Schools ( 2 )
Admission registers of Gaer Hill Church of England School, 1873-1929
Author: Gaer Hill Church of England School (Somerset)

Admission registers of Marston Biggot Church of England School, 1869-1916
Author: Marston-Bigott Church of England School (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Marston-Bigott – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Marston-Bigott, 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: Frome
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Frome
  • Poor Law Union: Frome
  • Hundred: Frome
  • Province: Canterbury