Middlezoy Somerset Family History Guide

Middlezoy is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Other places in the parish include: Long Acre and Thorngrove.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1603

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MIDDLEZOY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Bridgewater district, Somerset. The village stands on a rising-ground, about 2 miles from the river Parrot, 4 N of Athelney r. station, and 6 SE of Bridgewater; and has a post office under Bridgewater. The parish contains also the hamlets of Long-Acre and Thorngrove. Acres, 2,520. Real property, £5,787. Pop., 725. Houses, 153. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to K. M. King, Esq. Moorland House is the seat of T. Perratt, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £138. Patron, the Bishop of Worcester. The church is chiefly later English, in fair condition; has a very fine tower; and comprises nave, S aisle, transept, porch, and chancel. 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, Middlezoy – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Middlezoy, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Somerset, Middlezoy – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Burrow-Bridge, 1838-1861
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Burrow-Bridge (Somersetshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Middlezoy, 1603-1852
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Middlezoy (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Middlezoy, parish registers, 1653-1904
Author: Somerset Record Office

Parish registers for Middlezoy, 1653-1886
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Middlezoy (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Middlezoy – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Middlezoy, 1767-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Middlezoy – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Churchwardens’ accounts and vestry minutes, 1672-1877
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Middlezoy (Somersetshire)

Poor law records, 1657-1850
Author: Middlezoy (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Middlezoy – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Middlezoy, 1767-1832
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: Bridgwater
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Glastonbury
  • Poor Law Union: Bridgwater
  • Hundred: Whitley
  • Province: Canterbury