Selwood, Somerset Genealogy

England   Somerset   Somerset Parishes

Parish History
FROME-SELWOOD (St. Peter) or Frome, a market-town, parish, and newly-enfranchised borough,and the head of a union, in the hundred of Frome, E. division of Somerset, 25 miles (N. E.) from Ilchester, and 105 (W. by S.) from London. This place takes its name from the river called by the Saxons Frau, now Frome, which, passing by the town, runs into the Avon near Bradford; and its adjunct of Selwood from its situation in an ancient and extensive forest. The powers of the county debt-court of Frome, established in 1847, extend over the registration-district of Frome, and five adjacent parishes. There are places of worship for Baptists, the Society of Friends,Independents, Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Presbyterians.

Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 269-272. Date accessed and adapted: 17 April 2013.

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
Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

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.

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