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Shepton Beauchamp

"SHEPTON BEAUCHAMP, a parish in the hundred of South Petherton, county Somerset, 4 miles N.E. of Ilminster, its post town, and about the same distance W. of Marlock station on the Yeovil branch of the Bristol and Exeter railway. The village, which is of small extent, is chiefly agricultural. The soil consists of a sandy loam upon a subsoil of limestone. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells, value £373. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, has a tower containing a clock and six bells. The parochial charities produce about £40 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes, in which a Sunday-school is also held. The Wesleyans have a place of worship." 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.

Cemetery Records

• Sue Redfearn has provided Photographs of Monuments and Inscriptions from Shepton Beauchamp Churchyard.

Church Records

• Sarah Hawkins has provided the following transcripts from Shepton Beauchamp parish registers.
  • Shepton Beauchamp Baptisms
  • Shepton Beauchamp Burials
  • Shepton Beauchamp Marriages

Directories

• Sarah Hawkins has provided A Transcript of Kellys Directory for Shepton Beauchamp for 1875 and 1939

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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