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Chilcompton

"CHILCOMPTON, a parish in the hundred of Chewton, in the county of Somerset, 6 miles N.E. of Shepton Mallett, and 7 N.E. of Wells. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells, value £129, in the patronage of H. S. W. Tooker, Esq. The church, dedicated to St. John, was rebuilt in 1839, and is in the pointed style of architecture. The register commences in 1685. Here is a Wesleyan chapel, and a parochial school for both sexes. Henry Werret in 1681 left £100, the interest whereof to be applied for apprenticing poor boys of the parish, and about 30s. per annum to be distributed in bread to the poor. The lord of the manor is the Marquis of Bath. Near Blacker's Hill are the traces of a Roman camp." From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003

Archives and Libraries

• Details of Somerset Heritage Centre holdings relating to this parish.

Bibliography

• Chilcompton In Focus - Two, by David J. Strawbridge, 1994, 133pp, ISBN 0951078826

Maps

• The Ordnance Survey 1:10560 County Series 1st edition (c.1884-1887) map of the area provided by Somerset Heritage Centre.

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

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