Ruishton Somerset Family History Guide
Ruishton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Somerset, created in 1744 from a chapelry in Taunton St Mary Magdalene Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Henlade.
Parish church: St. George
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1678
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
RUISHTON, a village and a parish in Taunton district, Somerset. The village stands on the river Tone, adjacent to the Bristol and Exeter railway and to the Taunton and Bridgewater canal, 2¼ miles E by N of Taunton; and has a postal-letter box under Taunton. The parish contains also the hamlet of Henlade, and comprises 1,003 acres. Real property, 2,892. Pop., 506. Houses, 101. The property is subdivided. Henlade House and Woodlands are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £74. Patrons, the Trustees of the late Rev. G. Peake. The church is decorated and later English, in good condition; and has a fine tower. Charities, £58.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
RUISHTON (St. George), a parish, in the union of Taunton, hundred of Taunton and Taunton-Dean, W. division of Somerset, 2½ miles (E.) from Taunton; containing, with the picturesque hamlet of Henlade, 482 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the navigable river Tone, and comprises by measurement 1020 acres, of which about 23 are roads and waste. The village, which is separated from Henlade by the London road, is in the lower part flat and marshy, but towards the south stands on an acclivity, commanding some interesting views. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £84; patron and incumbent, the Rev. G. E. Peake. The church, situated close to the river, is an elegant structure in the decorated English style, with a tower of three stages; near the altar are the remains of a confessional, and both the exterior and interior of the edifice display beautiful and interesting details.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
Sarah Hawkins Genealogy Site – Ruishton Somerset
Sarah Hawkins Genealogy Site – Henlade Somerset
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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