West Lydford Somerset Family History Guide
West Lydford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.
Other places in the parish include:
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1733
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1611
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
- Hornblotton
- East Lydford
- Barton St David
- Keinton Mandeville
- Baltonsborough
- Lovington
- Wheathill
- Babcary
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
LYDFORD (WEST), a village and a parish in Shepton-Mallet district, Somerset. The village stands on the river Brue, 4¾ miles W of Castle-Cary r. station; and has a five-arched bridge across the river, a post office under Taunton, and fairs on Holy Thursday and 12 Aug. The parish comprises 1,900 acres. Real property, £2,633. Pop., 320. Houses, 69. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Mrs. Colston. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £350. Patron, Mrs. Colston. The church was rebuilt in 1846, at the expense of the Colstons; is in the pointed style; consists of nave, transept, and chancel, with porch and tower; and has a fine memorial window. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a national school, and charities £1 4.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
LYDFORD, WEST (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Shepton-Mallet, hundred of Catsash, E. division of Somerset, 5½ miles (W.) from Castle-Cary; containing 368 inhabitants. The parish is watered by the river Brue, and comprises 1802 acres by admeasurement. The manor and estates, with the exception of a few acres, are the property of E. F. Colston, Esq., in whose family they have been for several generations. Fairs are held in May and August. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £17. 13. 4.; net income, £125; patron, Mr. Colston: the tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1827, and a glebe-house has been erected by the Rev. Dr. Colston. The church, rebuilt at the cost of Mr. Colston, was consecrated in August, 1846. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. There is a fine chalybeate spring called Hunt’s Well. The Old Roman Fosse-way passes through the parish.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Maps
Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time
Administration
- County: Somerset
- Civil Registration District: Shepton Mallet
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of West Lydford
- Diocese: Bath and Wells
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Cary
- Poor Law Union: Shepton Mallet
- Hundred: Catsash
- Province: Canterbury