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Guide to Bath Abbey, Somerset ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

To view and printout a list of Bath's chapels and parishes, see A Comprehensive List of Bath Abbey's Chapels and District Chapels.

Bath Abbey, Somerset
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Bath Abbey Somerset
Type Ancient Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
Hundred Bath
County Somerset
Poor Law Union Bath
Registration District Bath
Records begin
Parish registers: 1569
Bishop's Transcripts: 1609
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery Bath
Diocese Bath and Wells
Province Canterbury
Legal Jurisdictions
Probate Court Court of the Bishop of Bath and Wells (Episcopal Consistory)
Location of Archive
Somerset Record Office
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Parish History[edit | edit source]

BATH, a city, having separate jurisdiction, and the head of a union, locally in the hundred of Bath-Forum, E. division of Somerset, 12 miles east by south from Bristol, 19 (north by northeast from Wells, and 107 west from London, on the direct road to Bristol; containing, with it the whole parish of Walcot, and the parishes of Bathwick, Widcombe and Lyncombe.

The parishof St Peter and St Paul, or the Abbey parish, and the parish of St James, form a rectory, with the vicarage of Lyncombe and Widcombe (both of which also see) annexed. The church was rebuilt in the year 1606. Jointly with Wells, Bath is the head of a diocese comprising very nearly the whole of the county of Somerset.[1]

Resources[edit | edit source]

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

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.

Bath Civil Registration District has a complete index of civil registration from 1837-2007 online through the volunteer effort of Bath BMD,England Marriage registrations post 2007 are added as index become available. There are detailed content tables available.

Church records[edit | edit source]

Bath Abbey, Somerset Genealogy parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

AC = Somerset, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (Ancestry) - (£)[2][3][4][5]
BOYD = Boyd's Marriage Index (findmypast) - (£)[6]
FREG = FreeREG - free[7]
FS = FamilySearch - free[8]
MARR = Somerset Marriages (findmypast) - (£)[9]
NBI = National Burial Index (findmypast) - (£)[10]
PALL = Pallot's Marriage Index (Ancestry) - (£)[11]
BATH ABBEY PARISH (1569)

Baptisms
Marriages
Burials

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AC 1569-1812 1569-1812 1569-1753 1569-1753 1569-1819 1569-1819
BOYD

1569-1800


FREG 1569-1901
1569-1840
1569-1840, 1873-1908
FS 1569-1839
1569-1812, 1829-1837


MARR
1569-1742, 1754-1893

NBI



1668-1945
PALL

1790-1802


FS 1569-1839
1569-1837


Bath St John parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

BATH ST JOHN PARISH

Baptisms
Marriages
Burials

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BOYD

1682-1714


FREG 1695-1709
1682-1714
1679-1688

Bath Christchurch parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

BATH CHRISTCHURCH PARISH

Baptisms
Marriages
Burials

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FREG 1877-1912




Bath St Mary of the Stall parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

BATH ST MARY OF THE STALL PARISH Online Records

Baptisms
Marriages
Burials

 Indexes Images Indexes Images Indexes Images
FREG 1605-1606
1605-1606
1605-1606
FS 1605-1606




Bath St Saviour parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

BATH ST SAVIOUR PARISH Online Records

Baptisms
Marriages
Burials

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FS 1840-1862




Census records[edit | edit source]


Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.


Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]

Bath Poor Law Union, Somerset

Probate records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Websites[edit | edit source]

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Bath/index.html

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England,(1848). pp. 168-177. Date accessed: 11 September 2013.
  2. ↑ 'Somerset, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1531-1812,' Ancestry, accessed 22 July 2016.
  3. ↑ 'Somerset, England, Baptisms, 1813-1913,' Ancestry, accessed 22 July 2016.
  4. ↑ 'Somerset, England, Marriage Registers, Bonds and Allegations, 1754-1914,' Ancestry, accessed 22 July 2016.
  5. ↑ 'Somerset, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1914,' Ancestry, accessed 22 July 2016.
  6. ↑ Percival Boyd, A List of Parishes in Boyd's Marriage Index (London: Society of Genealogists, 1987). Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
  7. ↑ 'Somerset Coverage', FreeREG, accessed 16 October 2013.
  8. ↑ 'IGI Batch Numbers for Somerset, England', IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles and North America, accessed 21 October 2013.
  9. ↑ 'Somerset Marriages', findmypast (WayBack Machine), accessed 30 April 2014.
  10. ↑ 'Parish Records - National Burial Index Records 1538 - 2005 Coverage', Find My Past, accessed 17 October 2013.
  11. ↑ Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes. Digital version at FamilySearch Digital Library.
  12. ↑ E 179 Database, The National Archives, http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e179/, accessed 8 August 2013.
  13. ↑ E 179 Database, The National Archives, http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/e179/, accessed 8 August 2013.
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Topics
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Abbas Combe  • Abbots Leigh  • Aisholt  • Alford  • Aller  • Angersleigh  • Ansford or Almsford  • Ash  • Ash Priors  • Ashbrittle  • Ashcott  • Ashill  • Ashington  • Ashwick  • Axbridge  • Babcary  • Babington  • Backwell  • Badgworth  • Baltonsborough  • Banwell  • Barrington  • Barrow Gurney  • Barton St David  • Barwick  • Batcombe  • Bath Abbey  • Bath St James  • Bath St Michael  • Bathampton  • Bathealton  • Batheaston  • Bathford  • Bathwick with Woolley  • Bawdrip  • Beckington with Standerwick  • Bedminster [St John the Baptist]  • Bedminster St Paul  • Beer Crocombe  • Berkley  • Berrow  • Bickenhall  • Bicknoller  • Biddisham  • Binegar  • Bishop's Hull  • Bishop's Lydeard  • Blackford (near Axbridge)  • Blackford (near Milborne-Port)  • Blagdon  • Bleadon  • Bradford  • Bratton St Maur  • Breane  • Brent Knoll  • Bridgwater  • Bridgwater Holy Trinity  • Brislington [St Luke]  • Bristol St Mary Redcliffe  • Bristol St Thomas  • Bristol Temple  • Broadway  • Brockley  • Brompton Ralph  • Brompton Regis  • Broomfield  • Brushford  • Bruton  • Brympton  • Buckland Dinham  • Buckland St Mary  • Burnett  • Burnham-on-Sea  • Burrington  • Burrowbridge  • Butcombe  • Butleigh  • Cameley  • Camerton  • Cannington  • Carhampton  • Castle Cary  • Catcott  • Chaffcombe  • Chantry  • Chapel Allerton  • Chard  • Charlcombe  • Charlton Adam  • Charlton Horethorne  • Charlton Mackrell  • Charlton Musgrove  • Charlynch  • Charterhouse  • Cheddar  • Cheddon Fitzpaine  • Chedzoy  • Chelvey  • Chelwood  • Chew Magna  • Chew Stoke  • Chewton Mendip  • Chilcompton  • Chillington  • Chilthorne Domer  • Chilton Cantelo  • Chilton Common  • Chilton Polden  • Chilton Trinity  • Chipstable  • Chiselborough  • Christon  • Churchill  • Clandown  • Clapton-in-Gordano  • Clatworthy  • Claverton  • Cleeve  • Clevedon [St Andrew]  • Cloford  • Closworth  • Clutton  • Coleford  • Combe Down  • Combe Florey  • Combe Hay  • Combe St Nicholas  • Compton Bishop  • Compton Dando  • Compton Dundon  • Compton Martin  • Compton Pauncefoot  • Congresbury  • Corfe  • Corston  • Corton Denham  • Cossington  • Cothelstone  • Coxley  • Creech St Michael  • Crewkerne  • Cricket Malherbie  • Cricket St Thomas  • Croscombe  • Crowcombe  • Cucklington  • Cudworth  • Culbone  • Curland  • Curry Mallet  • Curry Rivel  • Cutcombe  • Dinder  • Dinnington  • Ditcheat  • Dodington  • Donyatt  • Doulting  • Dowlishwake  • Downhead  • Downside  • Drayton  • Dulverton  • Dundry  • Dunkerton  • Dunster  • Durleigh  • Durston  • East Brent  • East Chinnock  • East Coker  • East Cranmore  • East Harptree  • East Lambrook  • East Lydford  • East Pennard  • East Quantoxhead  • Easton  • Easton-in-Gordano  • Eastover  • Eastrip  • Edington  • Elm  • Elworthy  • Emborough  • Englishcombe  • Enmore  • Evercreech with Chesterblade  • Exford  • Exmoor  • Exton  • Farleigh Hungerford  • Farmborough  • Farrington Gurney  • Fiddington  • Fitzhead  • Fivehead  • Flax Bourton  • Foxcote  • Freshford  • Frome St John the Baptist  • Frome Christ Church  • Frome Holy Trinity  • Glastonbury  • Glastonbury St Benedict  • Goathill  • Goathurst  • Godney  • Green Oare  • Greinton  • Halse  • Hambridge with Earnshill  • Hardington Mandeville  • Haslebury Plucknett  • Hatch Beauchamp  • Hatch, West  • Hawkridge  • Heathfield  • Hemington with Hardington  • Hendford  • Henstridge  • Henton  • High Ham  • High Littleton  • Highbridge  • Hillfarrance  • Hinton Blewitt  • Hinton Charterhouse  • Hinton St George  • Holcombe  • Holford  • Holton  • Hornblotton  • Horrington  • Horsington  • Huish Champflower  • Huish Episcopi  • Hull, Bishop's  • Huntspill  • Huntspill All Saints  • Hutton  • Ilchester  • Ilminster  • Ilton  • Isle Abbots  • Isle Brewers  • Keinton Mandeville  • Kelston  • Kenn  • Kewstoke  • Keynsham  • Kilmersdon  • Kilmington  • Kilton  • Kilve  • Kingsbury Episcopi  • Kingsdon  • Kingston Seymour  • Kingston St Mary  • Kingstone  • Kingweston  • Kittisford  • Knowle St Giles  • Lamyat  • Langford Budville  • Langport  • Langridge  • Laverton  • Leighland  • Leigh-upon-Mendip  • Lilstock  • Limington  • Litton  • Locking  • Long Ashton  • Long Load  • Long Sutton  • Lopen  • Lovington  • Loxton  • Luccombe  • Lufton  • Lullington  • Luxborough  • Lydeard St Lawrence  • Lydford, West  • Lympsham  • Lyng  • Maiden Bradley  • Maperton  • Mark  • Marksbury  • Marston Bigot  • Marston Magna  • Martock  • Meare  • Mells  • Merriott  • Middle Chinnock  • Middlezoy  • Midsomer Norton  • Milborne Port  • Milton Clevedon  • Milverton  • Minehead  • Misterton  • Monksilver  • Monkton Combe  • Montacute  • Moorlinch  • Muchelney  • Mudford  • Nailsea  • Nailsea Christ Church  • Nempnett Thrubwell  • Nether Stowey  • Nettlecombe  • Newton St Loe  • North Barrow  • North Cadbury  • North Cheriton  • North Curry  • North Newton  • North Perrot  • North Petherton  • North Stoke  • North Wooton  • North and South Bradon  • Northmoor Green  • Northover  • Norton Fitzwarren  • Norton Malreward  • Norton St Philip  • Norton sub Hamdon  • Nunney  • Nynehead  • Oake  • Oare  • Odcombe  • Old Cleeve  • Orchard Portman  • Orchardleigh  • Othery  • Otterford  • Otterhampton with Combwich  • Over Stowey  • Paulton  • Pawlett  • Pendomer  • Penselwood  • Pensford  • Pilton  • Pitcombe  • Pitminster  • Pitney  • Podimore  • Porlock  • Portbury  • Portishead  • Poyntington  • Preston Plucknett  • Priddy  • Priston  • Publow  • Puckington  • Puriton  • Puxton  • Pylle  • Queen Camel  • Queen Charlton  • Raddington  • Radstock  • Redlynch  • Rimpton  • Rodden  • Rode  • Rodney Stoke  • Rowberrow  • Ruishton  • Runnington  • Saltford  • Sampford Arundel  • Sampford Brett  • Sandford Orcas  • Seaborough  • Seavington St Mary  • Seavington St Michael  • Selwood  • Selworthy  • Shapwick  • Shepton Beauchamp  • Shepton Mallet  • Shepton Montague  • Shipham  • Skilgate  • Sock Dennis  • Somerton  • South Barrow  • South Brewhamwith North Brewham  • South Cadbury  • South Petherton  • South Stoke  • Sparkford  • Spaxton  • St Audries  • St Catherine  • St Decuman's  • St Michaelchurch  • Stanton Drew  • Stanton Prior  • Staple Fitzpaine  • Staplegrove  • Stawell  • Stawley  • Steep Holme Island  • Stockland Bristol  • Stocklynch Magdalen  • Stocklynch Ottersey  • Stogumber  • Stogursey  • Stoke Lane  • Stoke Pero  • Stoke St Gregory  • Stoke St Mary  • Stoke sub Hamdon  • Stoke Trister  • Ston Easton  • Stourton  • Stowell  • Stowey  • Stratton-on-the Fosse  • Street  • Stringston  • Sutton Bingham  • Sutton Mallet  • Sutton Montis  • Swainswick  • Swell  • Taunton Holy Trinity  • Taunton St James  • Taunton St Mary Magdalene  • Tellisford  • Theale  • Thorn Falcon  • Thorne Coffin  • Thorne St Margaret  • Thurlbere  • Thurloxton  • Tickenham  • Timberscombe  • Timsbury  • Tintinhull  • Tolland  • Treborough  • Trent  • Trull  • Twerton-on-Avon  • Ubley  • Uphill  • Upton  • Upton Noble  • Walcot St Swithin  • Walcot All Saints  • Walcot Avon Street Chapel  • Walcot Holy Trinity  • Walcot St Saviour  • Walcot Stephen  • Walton  • Walton-in-Gordano  • Wanstrow  • Wayford  • Weare  • Wedmore  • Wellington  • Wellow  • Wells Cathedral St Andrew  • Wells St Cuthbert  • Wells St Thomas  • Wembdon  • West Bagborough  • West Bradley  • West Buckland  • West Camel  • West Chinnock  • West Coker  • West Cranmore  • West Dowlish  • West Harptree  • West Hatch  • West Lydford  • West Monkton  • West Pennard  • West Quantoxhead  • Westbury  • Weston  • Weston Bampfylde  • Weston St John  • Weston-in-Gordano  • Weston-super-Mare St John the Baptist  • Weston-super-Mare Emmanuel  • Westonzoyland  • Whatley  • Wheathill  • Whitchurch  • Whitelackington  • Whitestaunton  • Wick St Lawrence  • Widcombe  • Williton  • Wilton  • Wincanton  • Winford  • Winscombe  • Winsford  • Winsham  • Witham Friary  • Withiel Florey  • Withycombe  • Withypool  • Wiveliscombe  • Wookey  • Woolavington  • Woolverton  • Wootton Courtenay  • Worle  • Wraxall  • Wrington  • Writhlington  • Wyke Champflower  • Yarlington  • Yatton  • Yeovil  • Yeovilton

Probate
Courts

Consistory of Wells  • Consistory of Taunton  • Consistory of the Dean of Wells  • Consistory of the Dean & Chapter of Wells  • Consistory of Bath & Wells  • Deanery of Bristol  • Archdeaconry of Salisbury  • Peculiar of Banwell  • Peculiar of Churchill  • Peculiar of Kingsbury with East Lambrook  • Peculiar of North Wooton  • Peculiar of Pilton  • Peculiar of Witham Friary  • Peculiar of Ashill  • Peculiar of Buckland Dinham  • Peculiar of Compton Bishop  • Peculiar of Compton Dundon  • Peculiar of Cudworth & Knowle  • Peculiar of Easton-in-Gordano  • Peculiar of East Harptree  • Peculiar of Haselbury Plucknett  • Peculiar of Henstridge  • Peculiar of Ilton  • Peculiar of Litton  • Peculiar of St. Decumans  • Peculiar of Timberscombe  • Peculiar of West Lydford  • Peculiar of Whitelackington  • Peculiar of Wiveliscombe with Fitzhead  • Peculiar of Wookey  • Peculiar of Fordington & Writhlington  • Peculiar of Yatton & Kenn  • Royal Peculiar of Ilminster  • Prerogative Court of Canterbury

Major
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