Stawell Somerset Family History Guide

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Stawell is a chapelry of Moorlinch Ancient Parish in Somerset.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1675
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STAWELL, a chapelry in Moorlinch parish, Somerset; 4 miles E by N of Bridgewater r. station. Post town Bridgewater. Acres, 973. Real property, £2,207. Pop., 173. Houses, 47. The living is annexed to Moorlinch.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

STAWELL, a chapelry, in the parish of Moorlinch, union of Bridgwater, hundred of Whitley, W. division of Somerset, 5 miles (E. by N.) from Bridgwater; containing 221 inhabitants. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for £105, and the vicarial for £60: there is a glebe of one acre.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Somerset, Stawell – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Moorlinch, 1598-1851
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Moorlinch (Somersetshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Chilton-upon-Polden (Somersetshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Stawell (Somersetshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Edington (Somersetshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Sutton-Mallett (Somersetshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Stawell, 1598
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Stawell (Somersetshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Stawell, 1598-1810
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Stawell (Somersetshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Sutton-Mallett, 1598-1809
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Sutton-Mallett (Somersetshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Stawell (Somersetshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Edington (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Stawell, parish registers, 1675-1812
Author: Somerset Record Office

Parish registers for Stawell, 1675-1812
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Stawell (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Stawell – Land and property ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Stawell, 1767-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

Survey, 1833
Author: Stawell (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Stawell – Schools ( 1 )
Admission registers of Stawell and Sutton Mallet school, 1909-1972
Author: Stawell and Sutton Mallett School (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Stawell – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Stawell, 1767-1832
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: Bridgwater
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Glastonbury
  • Poor Law Union: Bridgwater
  • Hundred: Whitley
  • Province: Canterbury