Pitminster, Somerset Family History Guide

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Pitminster is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Other places in the parish include: Trendle, Pondisford, Leigh, Fulford, Duddleston, and Blagdon.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1542
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1597

Nonconformists include: Bible Christian Methodist, Independent/Congregational, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Pitminster Parish Registers

Pitminster Marriages 1542-1812 Somerset Parish Registers Marriages V. 7 Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore and H. W. Seager. Publisher: Phillimore & Co. Date of publication: 1906. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

PITMINSTER, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Taunton district, Somerset. The village stands under Black down hills, near the boundary with Devon, 4½ miles S by W of Taunton r. station. The parish includes thetythings of Blagdon, Duddlestone, Fulford, Leigh, Pitminster, and Trendle; and its post town is Taunton. Acres, 5, 120. Real property, £10, 832. Pop., 1, 572. Houses, 334. The property is subdivided. The manor belongs to Mr. Cox. Barton Grange, Eastbrook House, Maryville, Canons-Grove, Pondisford Park, Pondisford Lodge, Culmhead House, Pitminster Lodge, and Haygrass House are chief residences. There are two maltings and a tannery. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £550. Patron, the Rev. G. R. Lawson. The church is early English; and consists of nave, aisles, chancel, and porch, with tower and spire. There are an Independent chapel, a national school, and charities £13.

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

Parish Records

Sarah Hawkins Genealogy Site – Pitminster Somerset

FamilySearch

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

England, Somerset, Pitminster – Church records ( 7 )
Births and baptisms, 1709-1836
Author: Independent Church. Fulwood Chapel (Pitminster)

Bishop’s transcripts for Pitminster, 1597-1836
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Pitminster (Somersetshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Pitminster, 1622
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Pitminster (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Pitminster, parish registers, 1542-1979
Author: Somerset Record Office

Marriages at Pitminster, 1542-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Pitminster (Somersetshire)

Parish chest materials, 1668-1861
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Pitminster (Somersetshire)

Parish registers for Pitminster, 1542-1979
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Pitminster (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Pitminster – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Pitminster, Somerset, England (Independent, Fulwood Chapel) ; christenings, 1705-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Somerset, Pitminster – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Pitminster, 1766-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Pitminster – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1589-1861
Author: Pitminster (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Pitminster – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers of Pitminster School, 1890-1921
Author: Pitminster School (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Pitminster – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Pitminster, 1766-1832
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: Taunton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Taunton
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Taunton
  • Poor Law Union: Taunton
  • Hundred: Taunton and Taunton Dean
  • Province: Canterbury