Butcombe, Somerset Family History Guide

Butcombe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1692
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1604

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BUTCOMBE, a parish in Axbridge district, Somerset; near the river Yeo, 5 miles SE of Nailsea r. station, and 8 NE of Axbridge. Post town, Chew Stoke, under Bristol. Acres, 983. Real property, £1,582. Pop., 223. Houses, 52. The property is much subdivided. Butcombe Court is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £248. Patron, the Rev. W. H. Cartwright. The church is very ancient, and in fair condition.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Somerset, Butcombe – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Butcombe, 1605-1679
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Butcombe (Somersetshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Butcombe, 1605-1835
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Butcombe (Somersetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1810-1883
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Butcombe (Somersetshire)

Parish registers for Butcombe, 1692-1906
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Butcombe (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Butcombe – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Butcombe, 1759-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Somersetshire)

England, Somerset, Butcombe – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1824-1857
Author: Butcombe (Somerset)

England, Somerset, Butcombe – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Butcombe, 1759-1832
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: Axbridge
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Bath and Wells (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Bath and Wells
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – Redcliffe and Bedminster, Post-1846 – Chew
  • Poor Law Union: Axbridge
  • Hundred: Hartcliffe with Bedminster
  • Province: Canterbury