Upton Noble Somerset Family History Guide

Upton Noble is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Somerset, created in 1734 from a chapelry in Batcombe Ancient Parish. 

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1677
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1754

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Historical Descriptions

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

UPTON-NOBLE, a parish in Shepton-Mallet district, Somerset; 1¾ mile SW of Witham r. station, and 3½ NNE of Bruton. Post town, Bruton, under Bath. Acres, 677. Real property, £1,170. Pop., 217. Houses, 54. The property is subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Batcombe. The church is ancient Charities, £8.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

UPTON-NOBLE, a parish, in the union of Shepton-Mallet, hundred of Bruton, E. division of Somerset, 4 miles (N. N. E.) from Bruton; containing 241 inhabitants, and comprising 640 acres. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Batcombe. The church is ancient.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Administration

  • County: Somerset
  • Civil Registration District: Shepton Mallet
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Cary
  • Poor Law Union: Shepton Mallet
  • Hundred: Bruton
  • Province: Canterbury