Charlcombe, Somerset Genealogy

England Somerset

Parish History
Charlcombe St Mary is an Ancient Parish in the Bath deanery of the Diocese of Bath and Wells in the county of Somerset.

CHARLCOMBE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Bath, hundred of Hampton and Claverton, locally in that of Bath-Forum, E. division of Somerset, 1 mile (N.) from Bath; containing 84 inhabitants, and comprising by measurement 523 acres. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £5. 15. 10., and annexed to the mastership of the free grammar school at Bath: the tithes have been commuted for £134, and the glebe consists of 14 acres, with a glebe-house. The church is a very small ancient edifice: according to tradition it was formerly the mother church of Bath, and received an annual acknowledgment of a pound of pepper from the abbey there.

From: 'Charlbury - Charlwood', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 549-554. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50866 Date accessed: 16 March 2011.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
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Parish registers for Charlcombe, 1709-1900 Microreproduction of original records housed at the Somerset Record Office, Taunton. Somerset Record Office: D/P CH.C 2/1/1-5.

Bishop's transcripts for Charlcombe, 1596-1822 Microreproduction of original manuscripts housed at the Somerset Record Office, Taunton. Somerset Record Office: D/D/Rr 85-85a

Known Issues
England Vital Records Index (FamilySearch Historical Records) known issue Indexing project batch I04481-4 is incorrect. The data entry for place names is incorrect for film 1526463 and affects the parishes of Chard, Somerset, Charlton Mackrell, Somerset, Charlton Adam, Somerset, Charlton Horethorne, Somerset

Census records
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http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Somerset Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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Web sites
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