Trull, Somerset Family History Guide

Trull is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Alternative names:

Parish church: All Saints

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1538
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1598

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TRULL, a parish, with a village, in Taunton district, Somerset; 2½ miles SSW of Taunton r. station. It has a post-office under Taunton. Acres, 2,233. Real property, £5,238. Pop., 779. Houses, 108. The manor belongs to R. Mattock, Esq. Gatchell House, Higher Gatchell, Chillis Wood, Wildoak House, and Southwick House are chief residences. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £131. Patron, F. W. Newton, Esq. The church is ancient. There are a Wesleyan collegiate institution, and a national school.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

TRULL (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Taunton, hundred of Taunton and Taunton-Dean, W. division of Somerset, 1 mile (S. S. W.) from Taunton; containing 547 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Taunton to Honiton, and comprises about 1700 acres, nearly equally divided between arable and pasture: the soil has a substratum of red marl. The Taunton Wesleyan College is situated in the parish. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £98; patrons and impropriators, the Cooper family. John Wyatt, in 1756, gave £210 in support of a school; the annual income is £24.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848