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Horrington, Somerset

Historical Description

Horrington, a chapelry in Wells St Cuthbert parish, Somerset, 2 miles E of Wells city and station on the G.W.R. It was constituted in 1844, and includes the tithings of East Horrington and Chilcot. Post town, Wells, Somerset. Population of the ecclesiastical district, 1321, The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells; value, £290 with residence. Patron, the Vicar of Wells. The church was built in 1838.

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 
Civil parishWells St Cuthbert 
HundredWells-Forum 
Poor Law unionWells 

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.


Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Horrington from the following:


Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

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