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Buckland Denham, Somerset

Historical Description

Buckland-Denham, a village and a parish in Somerset. The village stands on a hill, 3½ miles NNW of Frome railway station, and has a post office under Frome, which is the money order and telegraph office. It was formerly a market-town. The parish comprises 1432 acres; population, 428. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells; net value, £182 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. The church has been restored. There is also a Wesleyan chapel

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountySomersetshire 
Ecclesiastical parishBuckland-Denham St. Mary 
HundredKilmersdon 
Poor Law unionFrome 

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Church Records

Ancestry.co.uk, in association with Somerset Archives & Local Studies, have images of the Parish Registers for Somerset online.


Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Buckland Denham from the following:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Somerset papers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Somersetshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.