Nempnett Thrubwell Somerset Family History Guide

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Nempnett Thrubwell is a chapelry of Compton Martin Ancient Parish in Somerset.

Alternative names: Nempnett

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1556
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1611

Nonconformists include: Baptist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

NEMPNETT, or Nempnett-Thrubwell, a parish, with a village, in Clutton district, Somerset; near the source of the river Yeo, under the Mendip hills, 6½ miles S E of Nailsea r. station, and 8 N E of Axbridge. Post-town, Blagdon, Somerset. Acres, 1, 772. Real property, £2, 200. Pop., 259. Houses, 48. The manor belongs to Sir Charles K. Tynte, Bart. A barrow, 180 feet long, 60 feet wide, and 45 feet high, covered with brushwood, is at Fairy-field; consists of stones, supported at the sides by a wall of thin flakes; and includes two rows of cavities, in some of which human skulls and small bones were found in 1789. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £265. Patron, the Rev. S. Trueman. The church is of the15th century; and consists of nave and chancel, with S porch and massive tower. The parsonage was built in 1859; is a handsome structure, in the pointed style; and stands on elevated ground, commanding rich views from the Mendips to Bath. There are a Baptist chapel, and charities £35.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

NEMPNETT-THRUBWELL (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Clutton, hundred of Keynsham, E. division of Somerset, 9 miles (N. E. by E.) from Axbridge; containing 289 inhabitants. The living is annexed to the rectory of Compton-Martin. Within the parish is a large tumulus of an oval form, the finest in the kingdom, on opening which, in 1789, it was found to contain two rows of cells, running from south to north, formed by immense stones set edgeways, and covered with others of still larger dimensions. Skulls, a vast heap of bones, and other relics, having been discovered, it is conjectured to have been the work of the Druids, and to have been the cemetery belonging to their great temple at Stanton-Drew, three miles distant. An old mansion in the parish, called Reghillbury, where Sir William Wyndham spent the period of his retirement, is supposed to have been once a royal palace.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Maps

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

Administration

  • County: Somerset
  • Civil Registration District: Clutton
  • 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: Clutton
  • Hundred: Keynsham
  • Province: Canterbury