North Wootton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Somerset, created in 1845 from a chapelry in Pilton Ancient Parish.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1565
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1608
Nonconformists include: Baptist.
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WOOTTON (North), a parish, with a village, in Wells district, Somerset; 3½ miles SSE of Wells r. station. It has a post-office under Shepton-Mallet. Acres, 1,536. Real property, £3,135. Pop., 322. Houses, 73. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage, with Worminster chapelry, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £300. Patron, the Vicar of Pilton. The church was recently restored. There are a Baptist chapel, an endowed national school, and charities £3.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
WOOTTON, NORTH, a parish, in the poor-law union of Wells, hundred of Glaston-Twelve-Hides, E. division of Somerset, 4 miles (W. S. W.) from Shepton-Mallet; containing 375 inhabitants. The parish comprises about 2000 acres; the soil is chiefly a clayey loam, and the lower lands are watered by two small rivulets. The living is annexed to the vicarage of Pilton: the tithes have been commuted for £99 to the impropriator, and £50 to the vicar. The church is a neat plain building.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Somerset, North Wootton – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for North Wootton, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Somerset, North Wootton – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for North Wootton, 1608-1639
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of North Wootton (Somersetshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for North Wootton, 1608-1827, 1838
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of North Wootton (Somersetshire)
Churchwardens’ accounts and church rates, 1645-1694, 1703-1740, 1743-1870
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of North Wootton (Somersetshire)
England, Somerset, North Wootton, parish registers, 1565-1987
Author: Somerset Record Office
England, Somerset, Shepton Mallet, Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, Church records, 1838-1907
Author: Wesleyan Church. Shepton Mallet Circuit (Gloucestershire); Bristol Record Office (Gloucestershire)
Parish registers for North Wootton, 1565-1903
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of North Wootton (Somersetshire)
England, Somerset, North Wootton – Land and property ( 3 )
Land tax assessments for North Wootton, 1766-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)
Land tax assessments for North Wootton, 1767-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)
Poor law records, 1741-1861
Author: North Wootton (Somerset)
England, Somerset, North Wootton – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1741-1861
Author: North Wootton (Somerset)
England, Somerset, North Wootton – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers of North Wootton school, 1897-1962
Author: North Wootton School (Somerset)
England, Somerset, North Wootton – Taxation ( 4 )
Churchwardens’ accounts and church rates, 1645-1694, 1703-1740, 1743-1870
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of North Wootton (Somersetshire)
Land tax assessments for North Wootton, 1766-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)
Land tax assessments for North Wootton, 1767-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)
Poor law records, 1741-1861
Author: North Wootton (Somerset)
Maps
Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Somerset
- Civil Registration District: Wells
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of North Wootton
- Diocese: Bath and Wells
- Rural Deanery: Cary
- Poor Law Union: Wells
- Hundred: Glastonbury Twelve Hides
- Province: Canterbury
