Merriott Somerset Family History Guide
Merriott is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.
Other places in the parish include: Broadway.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1646
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Independent/Congregational, Plymouth Brethren, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MERRIOTT, a village and a parish in Chard district, Somerset. The village stands 2 miles N of Crewkerne r. station, and has a post-office under Taunton. The parish comprises 1,693 acres. Real property, £7,385. Pop., 1,413. Houses, 294. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to J. R. Rodbard and E. Rodbard, Esqs. Canvas works adjoin the parish, and employ about 200 of its inhabitants. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £397., Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Bristol. The church is early and later English; was restored and enlarged in 1861; and consists of nave, aisles, and triple chancel, with porch and tower. There are chapels for Baptists, Wesleyans, and Plymouth Brethren, an endowed national school with £9 a year, and charities £11.
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: Chard
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Taunton
- Diocese: Bath and Wells
- Rural Deanery: Crewkerne
- Poor Law Union: Chard
- Hundred: Crewkerne
- Province: Canterbury