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Grenton, Somerset

Historical Description

Greinton, or Grenton, a parish in Somerset, 4 miles S of Shapwick station on the Somerset and Dorsetshire railway, and 6 SW by W of Glastonbury. Post town, Bridgwater; money order office, Shapwick; telegraph office, Shapwick Road station. Acreage, 880; population, 108. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; gross value, £120 with residence. The church consists of nave and chancel, with a tower.

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 parishGreinton St. Michael 
HundredWhitley 
Poor Law unionBridgwater 

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


Church Records

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Civil Registration

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Newspapers and Periodicals

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Visitations Heraldic

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