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Knowle St Giles, Somerset

Historical Description

Knowle, St Giles, a parish in Somerset, on the Chard Canal, 2 miles NE by N of Chard station on the L. & S.W.R. Post town, Chard. Acreage, 765; population of the civil parish, 92; of the ecclesiastical, 75. The manor and most of the property belong to Earl Poulett. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Bath and Wells; value, s£105. Patron, the Bishop of London. The church is plain and good, and has a bell-turret.

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 parishKnowle St. Giles 
HundredSouth Petherton 
Poor Law unionChard 

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 Knowle St Giles from the following:


Maps

Online maps of Knowle St Giles 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.

DistrictSouth Somerset
CountySomerset
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtTA20
Post TownChard

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