Thorne Falcon, Somerset
Historical Description
Thorne Falcon, a parish in Somerset, with a station called Thorne on the G.W.R., 157 miles from London. Post town, Somerset. Acreage, 822; population, 173. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; net value, £216 with residence. The church is ancient, and was restored in 1882. Court House is the chief residence.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Somersetshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Thorne-Falcon Holy Cross | |
Hundred | North Curry | |
Poor Law union | Taunton |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Thorne Faulcon 1726-1812, Somerset is available to browse online.
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 Thorne Falcon from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Thorne-Falcon (Holy Cross))
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Somerset papers online:
- Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette
- Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser
- Western Gazette
- Wells Journal
- Somerset County Gazette
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Somersetshire, 1623 is available on the Heraldry page.