St Catherine, Somerset Family History Guide

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St Catherine is a chapelry of Batheaston Ancient Parish in Somerset.

Alternative names: Kattern

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1752
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Historical Descriptions

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CATHERINE (St.), a parish in Bath district, Somerset; on the verge of the county, 3½ miles WNW of Box r. station, and 3¾ NE by N of Bath. Post Town, Batheaston, under Bath. Acres, 1,040. Real property, with Easten-Amoril, £11,106. Pop., 84. Houses, 23. The manor belonged to the abbots of St. Peters, Bath; and their residence, an edifice of 1499, with a porch added in the time of Charles I., is still standing. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Batheaston, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church was built about the same time as the abbots’ residence; and contains a carved pulpit, a Norman font, and an altar-tomb of 1631.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

CATHERINE, ST., a parish, in the union of Bath, hundred of Bath-Forum, E. division of Somerset, 4 miles (N. N. E.) from Bath; containing 159 inhabitants. It is situated in a retired valley, enriched with much picturesque scenery, and comprises by computation 1000 acres. Catherine Court, adjoining the church, was a residence of the abbots of Bath till the dissolution of monasteries, when the manor was granted to the Haringtons. A paper-mill is in operation, giving employment to a few hands. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Bath-Easton: the tithes have been commuted for £50 payable to the incumbent, £31 to the impropriator, and £15 to the Dean and Chapter of Christ-Church, Oxford. In the chancel is a handsome monument to the memory of some of the Blanchard family.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Administration

  • County: Somerset
  • Civil Registration District: Bath
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Bath and Wells (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Bath
  • Poor Law Union: Bath
  • Hundred: Bath Forum
  • Province: Canterbury