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Minehead

"MINEHEAD, a parish, seaport, post, and market town, in the hundred of Carhampton, county Somerset, 2¼ miles from Dunster, and 9 from Williton. It is situated on the cliffs of the Bristol Channel, and on the road from Williton to Lynton. The parish contains the hamlets of Bratton, Periton, Vineford, and Woodcombe. It is mentioned in Domesday Survey as Manheved, at which period it was held by William de Mohun. It is a decayed borough, having returned two members to parliament from Elizabeth's time till the passing of the Reform Act, 2nd William IV. cap. 45, when it was disfranchised. The town, which has at various periods suffered from fires, is divided into three parts-viz: Quay Town, Higher Town, and Lower Town, and is nominally governed by two portreeves, &c." From The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson © 2003

Archives and Libraries

• Postcards of Minehead

• Postcards of Minehead

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

Bibliography

• The Book of Minehead - A New History by Hilary Binding and Douglas Stevens. Halsgrove Community History Series, 2000, ISBN: 1-84114-073-2.

Church Records

• Ireen Warbrooke has provided the following transcripts from Minehead parish registers.

  Minehead Baptisms 1715-1719 Minehead Baptisms 1720-1724 Minehead Baptisms 1725-1729 Minehead Baptisms 1730-1734 Minehead Baptisms 1735-1739 Minehead Baptisms 1740-1744 Minehead Baptisms 1745-1749 Minehead Baptisms 1750-1754 Minehead Baptisms 1755-1760 Minehead Baptisms 1761-1766 Minehead Baptisms 1767-1772 Minehead Baptisms 1773-1779 Minehead Baptisms 1780-1787

  Minehead Baptisms 1788-1793 Minehead Baptisms 1794-1801 Minehead Baptisms 1802-1807 Minehead Baptisms 1807-1819 Minehead Baptisms 1820-1829 Minehead Baptisms 1830-1839 Minehead Baptisms 1840-1849 Minehead Baptisms 1850-1859 Minehead Baptisms 1860-1867 Minehead Baptisms 1868-1876 Minehead Baptisms 1877-1885 Minehead Baptisms 1886-1893 Minehead Baptisms 1894-1901

  Minehead Marriages 1776-1815 Minehead Marriages 1816-1842 Minehead Marriages 1843-1859

  Minehead Marriages 1860-1880 Minehead Marriages 1881-1900

  Minehead Burials 1807-1812 Minehead Burials 1813-1837 Minehead Burials 1838-1862

  Minehead Burials 1863-1884 Minehead Burials 1885-1901

  Minehead Quaker Burials 1701-1705

Directories

• Slaters Commercial Directory for Minehead, Dunster & Carhampton, 1858-9, provided by Phil Mustoe.

Gazetteers

• The section of The National Gazetteer (1868) relating to this parish - transcribed by Colin Hinson.

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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