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South Petherton, Somerset

Below is a list of all the records that I have for the parish of South Petherton, Somerset:

PARISH RECORDS:

South Petherton Parish Records (from South Petherton Information website)

South Petherton Wesleyan Chapel (from South Petherton Information website)

CENSUS:

None

Useful Websites:

South Petherton Information

Bygone South Petherton on facebook

British History Online - A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 4 – South Petherton

Newspaper Articles:

29 May 1817 Taunton Courier Sale of Land includes Fivehead Swell Curry Rivell Isle Abbotts Shepton Beauchamp

06 Jun 1855 Taunton Courier South Petherton Accident William MARTIN Fell in Well

04 Jul 1855 Taunton Courier Supplement Somerset Midsummer Sessions includes William OATEN Stealing Two Fowls Pitminster

10 Dec 1859 The Wells Journal Deaths JEFFERY Puckington FOURACRE Durston COATE and CHARD Langport

08 Oct 1863 Dorset County Chronicle South Petherton New Dissenting Chapel King Ina's Palace Alterations

04 Jan 1865 Taunton Courier Ilminster Petty Sessions includes Charles PAULL and Thomas PAULL of Isle Brewers

02 Jun 1865 The Western Gazette Deaf and Dumb Institution Exeter inc CULLEN Langport GOFF Wellington HOLLAND WINES South Petherton PAUL Curry Mallet RENDELL Taunton

11 Jan 1868 The Bolton Chronicle Earthquake in Somerset Stoke Sub Hamdon Martock Tintinhull East Lambrook Seavington South Petherton Muchelney Kingsbury

15 May 1868 The Western Gazette and Flying Post South Petherton Tragedy at Compton Durville Mrs HAYWARD inc William HAYWARD George BEST JEW GARRETT Ann MALE John MALE

19 Jun 1869 West Somerset Free Press Death of a Somerset Murderer Inquest at Broadmoor William HAYWARD of Compton South Petherton inc George BEST

05 Nov 1869 Western Gazette and Flying Post Chard includes William MALE Crewkerne MALE various Ilminster MALE various Taunton includes Elizabeth OATEN

26 Nov 1869 Western Gazette and Flying Post Ilminster Petty Sessions includes Stanford MALE Barrington Assault

14 Jan 1871 West Somerset Free Press Births Marriages Deaths inc Watchet Wellington Bishops Lydeard Taunton Bridgwater Wiveliscombe Bishops Hull MALE Stratton Milverton

01 Dec 1871 The Western Gazette Ilminster Petty Sessions inc CHANT BEST BEALEY RICHARDS SALWAY PRIOR GENGE REALAND GREENSLADE WINTER MITCHELL EDMUNDS

01 Dec 1871 The Western Gazette South Petherton Another Case of Incendiarism inc Rev Prebendary BOND and a Boy Named MITCHELL

10 Jan 1873 The Western Gazette Ilminster Petty Sessions Charge of Stabbing at Barrington includes Walter WATTS James MALE and Elizabeth MALE

25 Jul 1873 The Western Gazette South Petherton Fire Brigade Outing to Seaton inc Lieut LEAVER W. H. CROCKER Mr BEST Joseph ANSTICE Captain VAUX Mr H. TAPSCOTT Mr J. BAKER

01 Apr 1874 Taunton Courier Ilminster Petty Sessions ENNO Taunton MALE Barrington TUCKER WHITE South Petherton TOWNSEND Kingsbury Episcopi PAUL Curry Mallet

30 Oct 1874 The Western Gazette Ilminster inc Petty Sessions HOMINEY WHITEHEAD South Petherton FOX Fivehead COOK Mark MALE Barrington VILE Isle Brewers MALE

27 Feb 1875 The Weston Mercury South Petherton Centenary of the Formation of the South Petherton Congregational Church inc Rev Richard HERDSMAN Rev Samuel HEBDITCH

27 Jun 1879 The Western Gazette Ilminster County Petty Sessions

31 Dec 1880 Western Gazette Barrington Curry Rivel Drayton Fivehead Hambridge Huish Episcopi Ilton Seavington St Michael Shepton Beauchamp

31 Dec 1880 Western Gazette Ilminster County Petty Sessions

16 Feb 1881 The Frome Times South Petherton Freak of a Hawk inc Canaries Mr George MOODY and Mrs MOODY at Wigborough House

16 Sep 1881 The Western Gazette Seavington St Michael Lost and Found inc J. C. HILLIARD James JEANS South Petherton George JEANS London Master S. HILLIARD

16 Jan 1885 Western Gazette Fivehead Hambridge Kingsbury Episcopi Seavington Shepton Beauchamp Taunton

28 Aug 1886 Chard and Ilminster News Ilminster Petty Sessions inc CHAPMAN COOMBS STROUD Mark MALE James MALE GREENSLADE TRIBLEY HAWKINS HARRIS LEE WHITE BEALEY

04 Sep 1886 Chard and Ilminster News Ilminster Petty Sessions inc CHAPMAN KEATES COOMBES STROUD WHITE TRIBLEY Mark MALE James MALE GREENSLADE HAWKINS HARRIS BEALEY LEE

26 Nov 1886 Western Gazette Ilminster Petty Sessions includes Wm OLD & Henry William WHITE of Puckington, Gilbert MALE & Henry MALE of Barrington, Henry GIBBS of Seavington St Michael

06 Jun 1888 Taunton Courier Ilminster Ilminster Petty Sessions includes Herbert ROWSWELL and Sarah Best of Shepton Beauchamp and Wm CROCKER of Fivehead

27 Sep 1889 The Western Gazette Yeovil County Police inc Phyllis COLLARD South Petherton TUCKER WINDSOR REYLAND SLY PITT HALLETT CHANT RICHARDS GODDARD MASTERS SEVILLE

31 Dec 1892 Chard and Ilminster News Births Marriages Deaths inc ASH HEBDITCH South Petherton Harry PARKER Chard Sarah PAULL Curry Mallet aged 99 years

29 Dec 1893 The Western Chronicle Ilminster Petty Sessions MEARE ALLEN Fredk Thos ADAMS HUTCHINGS Charles MARSH Edith MARSH BRAY Alfred HARRIS Cornelius CORNELIUS

08 Sep 1894 Chard and Ilminster News Ilminster Petty Sessions includes MALE of Kingsbury Joseph MEAD of Barrington Charles TUCKER of Fivehead

19 Sep 1894 Taunton Courier Births Marriages and Deaths

28 Dec 1894 The Western Gazette South Petherton The Yuletide Festival and Annual Volunteer Dinner of the M Company (South Petherton) of the 2nd V.B. P.A.S.L.I. includes MALE various

23 Feb 1895 Chard and Ilminster News South Petherton inc Death Lieutenant John Colpoys OMMANEY The Late Mr J. ENGLAND of Shepton Beauchamp and Australia

28 Feb 1896 The Western Chronicle Ilminster Petty Sessions includes Walter DEAN of Dinnington

01 Aug 1896 Chard and Ilminster News South Petherton Two Cottages Destroyed by Fire at Watergore Occupied by Mr Peter SAINT by Whom They Were Owned and Mrs CAREY

17 Sep 1898 Chard and Ilminster News Shepton Beauchamp Death of a Well-known Dealer Mr John ENGLAND of Hill Farm

05 Oct 1898 Taunton Courier Taunton Police Court Fivehead Shepton Beauchamp Middle Lambrook Curry Rivel Muchelney Ilminster Petty Sessions

29 Apr 1899 Chard and Ilminster News Ilminster County Petty Sessions inc PARKHOUSE SLOCOMBE CALLER MADDOCK SCOTT BICKNELL HARBOUR MALE COLES PARKER ENGLAND BEELEY WELCH

16 Nov 1901 Chard and Ilminster News South Petherton Our Soldiers in Africa Scheme for Giving Soldiers in Africa a Christmas Parcel at King Ina's Palace Mrs HOSKYNS

03 May 1902 Chard and Ilminster News Ilminster Petty Sessions includes Richard HILLARD of Fivehead and John MEAD and Joseph MEAD of Barrington

01 Aug 1903 Chard and Ilminster News Ilminster Petty Sessions includes MALE and ROWSWELL of Barrington WOODLAND of Stocklinch and HARRIS of Shepton Beauchamp

04 Mar 1904 The Western Chronicle South Petherton inc Fatal Accident Percy FISH Funeral at Donyatt of Mrs Elizabeth Ann SCHENCK of Knapp House

04 Jun 1904 Chard and Ilminster News Shepton Beauchamp Friendly Society Festival Serious Accident

02 Jul 1904 Chard and Ilminster News Ilminster Petty Sessions inc Thomas WORMAN Charlotte Annie BURGESS Isle Brewers WEBB MELHUISH CALLOW HEBDITCH GAYLEARD PRING

22 Apr 1905 Chard and Ilminster News Shepton Beauchamp A Mystery Strange Disappearance of a Farmer Herbert ROWSWELL

29 Apr 1905 Langport and Somerton Herald Suicide at Shepton Beauchamp Farmer's Body Found in the River Herbert ROWSWELL inc Charles ROWSWELL Elsie ROWSWELL

03 Jun 1905 Chard and Ilminster News Ilminster Petty Sessions inc MARTIN PITTS MARKS STUCKEY South Petherton POOLE Seavington James OATEN Shepton Beauchamp

28 Jul 1905 The Western Chronicle Ilminster Death of Mr C. A. NAPPER Formerly of Upper Street Son of Late Thomas NAPPER of Seavington inc BAKER GARRETT MALE WINES

07 Oct 1905 Chard and Ilminster News Ilminster Shocking Case of Neglect Laura SAINT of Pitway South Petherton Charged with Neglecting Ten of Her Children

13 Oct 1905 The Western Chronicle South Petherton Cycle Accident Theo RICHARDS Girl of John ROWSWELL Death Mrs Theresa STUDLEY Yeovil Bankruptcy Court John ROWSWELL

13 Oct 1905 The Western Chronicle East Lambrook Property Sale inc Mr J. POOL Late Mr William PESTER Rev E. C. LUTLEY Mr Hugh POOLE of South Petherton

28 Sep 1906 The Western Chronicle Shepton Beauchamp Continuation School Gardens Marriage of Miss Georgina ROWSELL to Mr Joseph WINES of South Petherton

30 Apr 1910 Chard and Ilminster News Ilminster Death Eli WEBB Golden Wedding Celebration at Dillington Farm Mr and Mrs George BRIDGE inc Edmonds VILE

25 Nov 1910 The Western Chronicle Ilton Shepton Beauchamp Puckington Kingsbury Episcopi Hambridge Curry Rivel Fivehead

30 Aug 1912 The Western Chronicle Langport Funeral of Mrs Charlotte Betty JONES wife of Samuel JONES

03 Jan 1913 The Western Chronicle Kingsbury Episcopi includes Wedding Miss L. PARKER to Percy TRIBILCOCK Inquest Funeral Elizabeth TOWNSEND MALE various

12 Feb 1915 The Western Chronicle Kingsbury Episcopi includes Funeral of Mr William HOOK of Thorney Mills and Death and Funeral Kingsbury Soldier William LOCK

05 Apr 1916 Taunton Courier Langport Rural Tribunal Kingsbury Episcopi PALMER CLARK LOVELL BARRETT FRENCH SATHERLEY TEMPLEMAN GLOVER CLEALL BUNSTONE BARBER

07 Apr 1916 The Western Chronicle Kingsbury Episcopi Local Cases of Langport Tribunal

17 Oct 1917 Taunton Courier Langport Petty Sessions includes Albert FOURACRE Picts Hill Huish Episcopi Shepton Beauchamp High Ham

05 Dec 1917 Taunton Courier Ilminster Petty Sessions includes Charles MALE of Barrington son of Sarah Ann MALE

02 Jan 1918 Taunton Courier West Lambrook Death of Mr William Henry HEBDITCH of New Cross Farm in a Bath Nursing Home inc Yeabridge South Petherton

03 May 1918 The Western Chronicle Yeovil Rural Tribunal includes Gilbert G. MALE of Martock and Thomas W. POWELL of Shepton Beauchamp

23 Aug 1918 The Western Chronicle Yeovil Rural District Council includes James A. W. MALE South Petherton

01 May 1920 Langport and Somerton Herald Kingsbury Episcopi 1914-1915 Star Private Percy TREBLECOCK Wedding Frederick John MALE to Miss Christina FURBER

09 Sep 1922 Langport and Somerton Herald Ilminster Petty Sessions inc SAINT BAKER WARR South Petherton Cornelius CORNELIUS Shepton Beauchamp PRING Ilton

07 Mar 1924 The Shepton Mallet Journal South Petherton To New York for Burial Mr John Edward SCHENCK Who Passed Away at Knapp House South Petherton

22 Mar 1924 Langport and Somerton Herald Kingsbury Episcopi Death and Funeral Mr Henry FURBER inc MALE WOODBOURNE HALLETT DYER

10 Apr 1925 The Western Chronicle South Petherton Memorial Window Unveiling Ceremony in Memory of The Late John Edward SCHENCK

07 May 1927 Langport and Somerton Herald Shepton Beauchamp's Loss Death of Frederick William ENGLAND at Hill Farm inc DICKINSON LUCE JACOBS HAWKINS ROUSELL BROWN

12 Oct 1927 Taunton Courier Taunton Police Court includes To Join the Army John Clement CRIDLAND of 11 Cleveland Street Taunton

19 Jun 1929 Taunton Courier Funeral of Canon V. S. Stuckey COLES of Shepton Beauchamp

25 May 1932 Taunton Courier Shepton Beauchamp's Loss Passing of Rev. Preb. Arthur LETHBRIDGE Rector of Shepton Beauchamp Impressive Funeral

23 Aug 1933 Taunton Courier A Well Known Agriculturist Death of Mr William Wheadon JACOBS of Hurcott Farm Seavington St Mary

05 Sep 1934 Taunton Courier Tribute to Minister Funeral of Rev Samuel JONES formerly Congregational Minister of Somerton and Langport

15 Aug 1936 Somerset County Herald Dinnington Late Mr Thomas Salter BREWER of Lower Street Dinnington

15 Aug 1936 Somerset County Herald Curry Rivel Late Mr George STACEY

03 Oct 1936 Somerset County Herald Late James Frederick SLADE of Burton Pynsent Farm Curry Rivel Burial at Isle Abbotts Baptist Chapel Married Miss Susie COSSINS in 1895

27 Mar 1937 Somerset County Herald Shepton Beauchamp Funeral of Mrs Mildred Elizabeth GRAY Middle Street

10 Jul 1937 Somerset County Herald Taunton Death North Petherton Curry Rivel Stocklinch

22 Jan 1938 Somerset County Herald The Late Mr Arthur DICKINSON Oldest Justice on Somerton Bench Funeral Service at Kingweston Died at the Mount Somerton

06 Aug 1938 Somerset County Herald South Petherton Recent Appeal the National Childrens Home and Orphanage in South Petherton inc WHITE SANSOME BROWN CALLOW

12 May 1939 The Western Gazette The Late Mr Ben John Cox WAKELY Well-known Farmer and Dealer of Fouts Farm South Petherton Funeral at Shepton Beauchamp

26 Aug 1939 Somerset County Herald Middle Lambrook Death of the Rev Hampden Garibaldi CLASSEY

26 Aug 1939 Somerset County Herald South Petherton Father and Son Drowned James William and Michael John HARRIS Funeral at Kingsbury Episcopi

01 Sep 1939 The Western Gazette The Property Market Byron House Martock Galhampton and Castle Cary Horsey Farm Muchelney Hill View Farm Fivehead

01 Mar 1941 Somerset County Herald Death Walter Tom LANE Marldon 69 Whitmore Road Taunton Son of William LANE Crowcombe inc DARBY GREED PORTER VILLIS

05 Jul 1941 Somerset County Herald Kingsbury Episcopi W.I. Garden Party and Death and Funeral of Mr William Henry BEST includes MALE

09 Aug 1941 Somerset County Herald South Petherton Dance Helps Hospital Organised by the James MALE Red Star Band at Blake Memorial Hall

09 Apr 1943 The Western Gazette Brothers Meet in German Camp W. SAINT of 8 Council House Pitway South Petherton Sons Lance-Cpl. William Ernest SAINT and Reginald SAINT

09 Dec 1944 Somerset County Herald Fivehead Funeral of Mrs J. MATTHEWS nee LOUCH

06 Jul 1945 The Western Gazette Womens Institutes Activities in Somerset inc Shepton Beauchamp Mr R. SAINT of South Petherton Huish Episcopi Kingsbury Episcopi MALE

19 Jan 1946 Somerset County Herald Supplied Too Much Coke Martock Gas Company Fined inc RUTTER BROWN SKINNER BRIMBLECOMBE PAULL CHANT HEBDITCH GILES PRENTICE RIVERS

15 Feb 1947 Somerset County Herald Married 60 Years Ago Former Taunton Couple Mr and Mrs Charles Priddle CANNICOTT Roundwell South Petherton inc George HALLETT Bridport

07 Jan 1950 Somerset County Herald Shepton Beauchamp inc Wedding William Albert BUSH to Miss Pamela Maud ROWSWELL of Montrose Shepton Beauchamp

24 Jun 1961 Somerset County Herald Local Residents Funeral at Hambridge Mrs Ellen LANGFORD of The Bungalow Hambridge Wife of Mr Herbert LANGFORD

23 Mar 1963 Somerset County Herald Dillington Resident Over 50 Years Mrs Lena Mary MALE Died at 11 Crescent Ilminster inc EDWARDS MARTIN WINES SAUNDERS MARSH CHANT

27 Mar 1986 Wells Journal Death Mrs Winifred Gertie MALE nee CONNOCK of 11 Lucas Close West Town Lane Bristol Formerly of Pilton inc Frederick MALE of Kingsbury Episcopi

Also see Newspaper Articles Somerset for articles that include multiple parishes and may include this parish eg the Petty Sessions, Police Courts, Births Marriage and Deaths etc.

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Last revised: 01 May 2023