Buckland St Mary, Somerset Family History Guide

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

Other places in the parish include: Hare.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1597

Nonconformists include: Baptist and Independent/Congregational.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BUCKLAND-ST.-MARY, a village and a parish in Chard district, Somerset. The village stands 1½ mile from the verge of the county, 4½ miles NW of Chard r. station, and 6 W by S of Ilminster; and it has a post-office under Chard and a fair on the Tuesday and Wednesday after 20 Sept. The parish comprises 3,494 acres. Real property, £3,766. Pop., 715. Houses, 151. The property is much subdivided. Traces of a Roman fort bear the name of Neroche Castle; and relics of conflicts between the Saxons and the Danes have been found. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £343. Patron, F. L. Popham, Esq. The church was rebuilt in the nine years prior to 1864; cost about £20,000, all defrayed by the rector, the Rev. J. E. Lance; is in the decorated English style; consists of nave with aisles, chancel with side chapels, a south porch, and a massive western tower; and has ornature of coloured marbles, polychromy, statuary, and painted windows. Remains of an ancient stone cross are in the churchyard. There is a Baptist chapel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Somerset, Buckland-St. Mary – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Buckland-St. Mary, 1597-1830
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Buckland-St. Mary (Somersetshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Buckland-St. Mary, 1599-1617
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Buckland-St. Mary (Somersetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts and vestry minutes, 1792-1886
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Buckland-St. Mary (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Buckland St Mary, parish registers, 1538-1990
Author: Somerset Record Office

Marriages at Buckland St. Mary, 1538-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Buckland-St. Mary (Somersetshire)

Parish registers for Buckland-St. Mary, 1538-1950
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Buckland-St. Mary (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Buckland-St. Mary – Land and property ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Buckland-St. Mary, 1766-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

Land tax assessments for Dommett, 1766-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Buckland-St. Mary – Occupations ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1626-1788
Author: Buckland-St. Mary (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Buckland-St. Mary – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1626-1788
Author: Buckland-St. Mary (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Buckland-St. Mary – Taxation ( 2 )
Land tax assessments for Buckland-St. Mary, 1766-1831
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

Land tax assessments for Dommett, 1766-1832
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: Chard
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Taunton
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Crewkerne
  • Poor Law Union: Chard
  • Hundred: Abdick and Bulstone; Martock; South Petherton
  • Province: Canterbury