Nunney, Somerset Family History Guide
Nunney is an Ancient Parish in the county of Somerset.
Other places in the parish include: Trudox Hill.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1547
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1601
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Reform.
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
NUNNEY, a village, a parish, and a sub-district, in Frome district, Somerset. The village stands 3½ miles S W by W of Frome r. station; and has a post-office under Frome, and a cattle fair on 11 Nov. The parish contains also the hamlet of Trudox Hill, and comprises 2, 421 acres. Real property, £5, 483. Pop., 1,088. Houses, 269. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to James Theobald, Esq. Nunney Castle was erected, in the time of Edward III. or in that of Richard II., by Sir Elias De la Mere; was an oblong moated structure, with a tower at each angle; rose, in its central part, to the height of four stories; passed to the family of Paulet, ancestors of the Dukes of Bolton; was sold, in the time of Elizabeth, by the first Marquis of Winchester; passed through several families to the Theobalds; was garrisoned, for the king, in the civil wars of Charles I.; sustained a stiff siege by the troops of Cromwell; surrendered on condition that the garrison should go to their own homes; was afterwards dismantled; is now a massive, mouldering, ivy-clad, picturesque ruin; and retains, in its S E tower, a very fine specimen of an ancient domestic chapel. Remains of a Roman camp are near the village; and remains of a Roman tesselated pavement, in good preservation, were discovered, not many years ago, on the property of J. H. Shore, Esq. A pretty dell, called Holwell valley, watered by an affluent of the Frome river, is about ½ a mile from the village. Limestone abounds, and is calcined in several kilns; and the manufacture of edge-tools is carried on. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £400. Patron, J. Theobald, Esq. The church is early English; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with porch and tower; and contains a fine old oak screen and five ancient tombs with recumbent effigies. There are chapels for Independents, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and United Free Methodists, national schoolsfor boys and girls, and charities £71.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Records
Somerset Archives & Family History Groups
Weston-super-Mare & District FHS
Somerset Online Parish Clerk Project
Newspaper Archives
Bath Chronicle Newspaper 1770-1800
Forums
Somerset
Roy Parkhouse’s indexed parish register transcriptions
Somerset Pages Parish Register Transcripts
West Somerset Parish Register Transcriptions
Prisoners for Trial at Assizes 1810-1905
Prisoners in Ilchester Gaol 1821-44
Somerset Quarter Sessions 1625-1639
Visitations of Somerset 1531 & 1573
Somerset Historical Directories
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
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
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: Frome
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop (Consistory) of the Archdeaconry of Wells
- Diocese: Bath and Wells
- Rural Deanery: Frome
- Poor Law Union: Frome
- Hundred: Frome
- Province: Canterbury