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Ash Prior

"ASH-PRIORS, a parish in the western division of the hundred of Kingsbury, in the county of Somerset, 6 miles to the N.W. of Taunton, its post town. This parish, with three others, forms a detached portion of the hundred. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells, value £70, in the patronage of Sir T. B. Lethbridge, Bart. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity." From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003

Archives and Libraries

• Details of Somerset Record Office holdings relating to this parish.

Church Records

• David Cheek has transcribed some Baptism, Banns, Marriage and Burial registers from Ash Prior Parish Church.
• Postcards of Ash

Maps

• The Ordnance Survey 1:10560 County Series 2nd edition (c.1900) map of the area provided by Somerset Record Office.

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