Mells Somerset Family History Guide
Mells is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset. Leigh-upon-Mendip is a chapelry of Mells.
Other places in the parish include: Vobster.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1565
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1594
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MELLS, a village and a parish in Frome district, Somerset. The village stands in a valley 3½ miles WNW of Frome r. station; is a large place; and has a post-office under Frome, and fairs on the second Monday after Whit-Monday and on 29 Sept. The parish contains also the hamlet of Vobster. Acres, 3,611. Real property, £7,184; of which £960 are in mines, and £120 in iron-works. Pop. in 1851, 1,186; in 1861, 972. Houses, 222. The decrease of pop. was caused by a regulation which does not allow more than one family to occupy a cottage. The property is divided among a few. The manor, Mells Park, and much of the land belong to the Rev. J. S. H. Horner. The rocks include coal, pipe-clay, fuller’s-earth, lead ore, and manganese. Coal is worked; brick-making and lime-burning are carried on; and the manufacture of agricultural edge tools, long famous for their superior quality, is conducted in two factories. There are remains of several ancient camps. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £630. Patron, the Rev. J. S. H. Horner. The church is later English; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with pinnacled tower; and has very fine painted windows. The vicarage of Vobster, with Leigh-upon-Mendip, is a separate benefice. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a Church school, and parish lands £75.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
FamilySearch
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