Northover Somerset Family History Guide

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Northover is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Andrew

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1534
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NORTHOVER, a parish, with a village, in Yeovil district, Somerset: on the river Yeo and the Fosse way, suburban to Ilchester. Post town, Ilchester, under Taunton. Acres, 436. Rated property, £851. Pop., 122. Houses, 20. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to J. L. Burnard, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £123. Patron, Miss Chichester. The church is old but good; and consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with porch and tower.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

NORTHOVER (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Yeovil, hundred of Tintinhull, W. division of Somerset, ¼ of a mile (N.) from Ilchester; containing 114 inhabitants. It is situated on the road to Exeter, and comprises 437a. 2r. 11p.; the Ivel flows through the lower lands. The living is a discharged vicarage, endowed with the rectorial tithes, valued in the king’s books at £6. 12. 11., and in the gift of J. H. Chichester, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £120, and the glebe comprises 10 acres. The church is an ancient structure.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

Administration

  • County: Somerset
  • Civil Registration District: Yeovil
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Ilchester
  • Poor Law Union: Yeovil
  • Hundred: Tintinhull
  • Province: Canterbury