Hinton Blewett, Somerset

Historical Description

Hinton Blewett, a village and a parish in Somerset. The village stands 2¼ miles SW of Clutton station on the G.W.R., and is a scattered place. The parish contains also the hamlets of South Widcombe, Coley, and Shortwood, and its post town is Bristol. Acreage, 1130; population, 178. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; gross value, £270 with residence. The church is Later English, and was partially restored in 1893. It consists of 'nave, chancel, and aisle, with S porch and massive tower.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

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 Hinton Blewett from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hinton-Blewitt (All Saints))

Maps

Online maps of Hinton Blewett are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

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.