Treborough Somerset Family History Guide

Treborough is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Peter

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1693
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1593

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TREBOROUGH, a parish in Williton district, Somerset; 6 miles SW of Williton r. station. Post town, Washford, under Taunton. Acres, 1,798. Rated property, £719. Pop., 183. Houses, 30. The property belongs to Sir W. Trevelyan, Bart. Blue slate is quarried. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £180. Patron, Sir W. Trevelyan, Bart. The church is good.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

TREBOROUGH (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Williton, hundred of Carhampton, W. division of Somerset, 6 miles (S. by E.) from Dunster; containing 138 inhabitants. This place, which belonged in ancient times to Cleeve Abbey, supplied that institution with fuel, and the prior had a residence here. The parish comprises 1798 acres, of which 376 are common or waste land. Limestone is procured, and there are extensive quarries of slate of very good quality. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £7. 10. 5.; net income, £137 per annum; patron, Sir W. C. Trevelyan, Bart.: the glebe contains 31 acres. In the churchyard is a fine cross.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

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

England, Somerset, Treborough – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Treborough, 1593-1836 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Treborough (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Treborough, parish registers, 1693-1977 Author: Somerset Record Office

Treborough and Withycombe parish registers Author: Stoate, T. L. (Thomas Laity), 1914-1997; Somerset & Dorset Family History Society

England, Somerset, Treborough – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Brown, 1766-1833 Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Treborough – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Brown, 1766-1833 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: Williton
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Taunton
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Dunster
  • Poor Law Union: Williton
  • Hundred: Carhampton
  • Province: Canterbury