Over Stowey, Somerset Family History Guide

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Over Stowey is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Alternative names: Overstowey

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Over Stowey Parish Registers

Overstowey Parish Registers Marriages 1558 to 1812 Somerset Parish Registers Marriages V. 6 Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore & W. A. Bell & C. W. Whistler. Publisher: Phillimore & Co. Date of publication: 1905. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STOWEY (Over), a parish, with a village, in Bridgewater district, Somerset; 8¼ miles W by N of Bridgewater r. station. Post town, Nether Stowey, under Bridgewater. Acres, 3,647. Rated property, £2,291. Pop., 613. Houses, 142. The manor, with Quantock Lodge, belongs to Lord Taunton. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £153. Patron, the Bishop of B. and W. The church is later English and good. There are a national school, and charities £21.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Somerset, Over Stowey – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Over Stowey, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Somerset, Over Stowey – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Over Stowey, 1598-1613
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Over Stowey (Somersetshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Over Stowey, 1602-1856
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Over Stowey (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Over Stowey, parish registers, 1558-1992
Author: Somerset Record Office

Marriages at Overstowey, 1558-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Over Stowey (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 Taunton
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Bridgwater
  • Poor Law Union: Bridgwater
  • Hundred: Cannington; Williton and Freemanors
  • Province: Canterbury