Stoke St Mary, Somerset Family History Guide

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Stoke St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Other places in the parish include: Stoke Hill and Broughton.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1676
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1602

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STOKE-ST. MARY, a parish in Tannton district, Somerset; 3½ miles SE of Taunton r. station. Post town, Taunton. Acres, 923. Real property, £1,936. Pop., 266. Houses, 55. The manor belongs to R. Mattock, Esq. S. House and S. Court are chief residences. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £133. Patron, Lord Portman. The church is ancient. There is an Independent chapel.

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

Parish Registers

Stoke St Mary Marriages 1679-1812

Parish Records

Sarah Hawkins Genealogy Site – Stoke St Mary Somerset

FamilySearch

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

England, Somerset, Stoke-St. Mary – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Stoke-St. Mary, 1602-1832
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stoke-St. Mary (Somersetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts and vestry minutes, 1791-1866
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stoke-St. Mary (Somersetshire)

Marriages at Stoke St. Mary, 1679-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stoke-St. Mary (Somersetshire)

Parish registers for Stoke-St. Mary, 1677-1901
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stoke-St. Mary (Somersetshire)

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

England, Somerset, Stoke-St. Mary – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1701-1838
Author: Stoke-St. Mary (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Stoke-St. Mary – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Stoke-St. Mary, 1766-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

Somerset Historical Directories

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

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