Sparkford Somerset Family History Guide

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Sparkford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Mary Magdalene

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1729
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SPARKFORD, a parish, with a village and a r. station, in Wincanton district, Somerset; on the Wilts and Somerset railway, 4¾ miles SSW of Castle-Cary. Post town, Ilchester, under Taunton. Acres, 950. Real property, 1,968. Pop., 305. Houses, 58. The manor, with S. Hall, belongs to the Rev. H. Bennett. Bronze celts and Roman relics are found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £266. Patron, the Rev. H. Bennett. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1824.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

SPARKFORD (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in the union of Wincanton, hundred of Catsash, E. division of Somerset, 7½ miles (W. by S.) from Wincanton; containing 286 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from London to Exeter, and comprises 955 acres, of which 257 are arable, 651 pasture, and 47 wood and gardens; the soil is loamy, and chiefly appropriated to dairy-farming. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £12. 16. 3., and in the gift of the Rev. Henry Bennett: the tithes have been commuted for £245. 6., and the glebe comprises 40 acres. The church was rebuilt about twenty years since by the patron.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Somerset, Sparkford – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Sparkford, 1602-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sparkford (Somersetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts and vestry minutes, 1811-1868
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sparkford (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Sparkford, parish registers, 1729-1994
Author: Somerset Record Office

Parish registers for Sparkford, 1729-1902
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Sparkford (Somersetshire)

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

England, Somerset, Sparkford – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1778-1826
Author: Sparkford (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Sparkford – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers of Sparkford Church of England school, 1899-1946
Author: Sparkford Church of England School (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Sparkford – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Sparkford, 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: Wincanton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Cary
  • Poor Law Union: Wincanton
  • Hundred: Catsash
  • Province: Canterbury