Puckington, Somerset Family History Guide
Puckington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.
Other places in the parish include: Westport and Little Puckington.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Andrew
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1692
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1594
Nonconformists include:
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
PUCKINGTON, a parish in Langport district, Somerset; on the river Isle, 3 miles N of Ilminster, and 6 W of Martock r. station. It contains the hamlet of Little P.; and its post town is Ilminster. Acres, 610. Real property, with South Bradon, £1, 830. Rated property of P. alone, £669. Pop., 260. Houses, 48. The manor and most of the land belong to Lord Portman. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £280. Patron, Lord Portman. The church is later English; was restored in 1857; and consists of nave, transept, 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
PUCKINGTON (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Langport, hundred of Abdick and Bulstone, W. division of Somerset, 2¾ miles (N. N. E.) from Ilminster; containing 229 inhabitants, of whom 41 are in the hamlet of Little Puckington. The parish comprises 610 acres, of which 48 are waste. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £13. 7. 3½., and in the gift of Lord Portman: the tithes have been commuted for £100, and the glebe comprises 89 acres.
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: Langport
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Taunton
- Diocese: Bath and Wells
- Rural Deanery: Crewkerne
- Poor Law Union: Langport
- Hundred: Abdick and Bulstone
- Province: Canterbury