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Farrington Gurney, Somerset

Historical Description

Farrington Gurney, a parish in Somerset, 1 mile from-Hallatrow station on the G.W.R., and 83- NNE of Wells. It has a post office under Bristol; money order and telegraph office, Paulton. Acreage, 928; population, 562. The manor belonged formerly to the Gourneys, and belongs now to fhe-Duchy of Cornwall. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the-vicarage of Stone-Easton, in the diocese of Bath and Wells. The church is good, and there is 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 
Civil parishChewton Mendip 
HundredChewton 
Poor Law unionClutton 

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 Farrington Gurney from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Farrington Gurney are available from a number of sites:


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.

CountyBath and North East Somerset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtBS39
Post TownBristol

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