Kingsbury Episcopi, Somerset Family History Guide

Kingsbury Episcopi is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.

Other places in the parish include: West Moor, West Lambrook, Thorney, Stembridge, Steinbridge, Southay, Middle Lambrook, Mid Lambrook, Lake, and Burrow.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1557
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1601

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Independent/Congregational, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

• South Petherton
• Drayton
• East Lambrook
• Barrington
• Shepton Beauchamp
• Martock
• Hambridge with Earnshill
• Long Load
• Muchelney

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

KINGSBURY-EPISCOPI, a parish in Langport district, Somerset; on the river Parret, 2½ miles NW of Martock r. station, and 4 SSE of Langport. It has a post-office, of the name of Kingsbury, under Ilminster; and it contains the tythings of Burrow, Lake, Stembridge, West Lambrook, and East Lambrook, and the hamlets of Middle Lambrook, Southay, and Thorney. Acres, 3, 646. Real property, £9, 648. Pop., 1,838. Houses, 351. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to W. Wyndham, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £360. Patron, the Chancellor of Wells Cathedral. The church is of the time of Henry VII.; was restored in 1845 and 1849; and consists of nave, aisles, transept, and chancel, with porch and fine pinnacled tower. The rectory of East Lambrook is a separate benefice. There are chapels for Independents and Wesleyans, a national school of 1863, and charities £24.

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

Parish Records

Kingsbury Episcopi Marriages 1557-1812

Sarah Hawkins Genealogy Site – Kingsbury Episcopi Somerset

Somerset Archives & Family History Groups

Bath Archives

Somerset Archives

Somerset & Dorset FHS

Weston-super-Mare & District FHS

Somerset Online Parish Clerk Project

Newspaper Archives

Bath Chronicle Newspaper 1770-1800

Forums

RootsChat Somerset

Somerset

Bath BMD

Bath Burial Index

Roy Parkhouse’s indexed parish register transcriptions

Somerset Pages Parish Register Transcripts

West Somerset Parish Register Transcriptions

West Country Genealogy

Prisoners for Trial at Assizes 1810-1905

Prisoners in Ilchester Gaol 1821-44

Somerset Quarter Sessions

Somerset Quarter Sessions 1625-1639

Visitations of Somerset 1531 & 1573

Visitation of Somerset 1623

Somerset Trade Directory 1874

Somerset Historical Directories

GENUKI Somerset

History of Taunton

Somerset Historical Essays

Old Somerset Maps

Somerset Muster Roll 1569

Somerset Roll of Honour

Lost Pubs of Somerset

West Country Clockmakers

Bath in Time

Somerset Surnames 1881

Somerset Workhouse Admissions and Discharges

Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills Vol.1

Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills Vol.2

Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills Vol.3

Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills Vol.4

Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills Vol.5

Abstracts of Somersetshire Wills Vol.6

Somerset Medieval Wills 1501-1530

Taunton Wills 1537-1799

Records for England

Births and Baptism Records

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977

England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008

United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933

Marriage Records

England Marriages, 1538–1973

Great Britain Marriages, 1797-1988

England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005

United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933

Death Records

England Death Records, 1998-2015

England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991

Great Britain Deaths and Burials, 1778-1988

England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007

United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933

England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957

England and Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1640-1660

Non-Conformist Records

England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977

Census

FreeCen

England and Wales Census, 1841

England and Wales Census, 1851

England and Wales Census, 1861

England and Wales Census, 1871

England and Wales Census, 1881

England and Wales Census, 1891

England and Wales Census, 1901

England and Wales Census, 1911

Occupations

United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941

War and Conflict

Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935

United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners’ Service Records, 1760-1913

United Kingdom, Royal Hospital Chelsea: Discharge Documents of Pensioners 1760-1887 (WO 122)

United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933

United Kingdom, Militia Service Records, 1806-1915

United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920

United Kingdom, World War I Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Records, 1917-1920

Newspaper Archives

British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices

British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries

Maps

Old maps of Britain and Europe from A Vision of Britain Through Time

Administration

• County: Somerset
• Civil Registration District: Langport
• Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Kingsbury with East Lambrook
• Diocese: Bath and Wells
• Rural Deanery: Pre-1845 – None, Post-1844 – Crewkerne
• Poor Law Union: Langport
• Hundred: East Kingsbury
• Province: Canterbury