Kilmersdon, Somerset
Historical Description
Kilmersdon, a village and a parish in Somerset. The village stands amid picturesque scenery, 2 miles from Bad-stock station on the G.W.R. It is a seat of petty sessions, contains some good streets well built, has a good inn, a temperance hall with lecture room, and a church. There is a post and telegraph office under Bath; money order office, Eadstock. Acreage of the civil parish, 3545; population, 2438; of the ecclesiastical, 904. Coal is worked in the district. The church was originally a small Early Norman one. The present beautiful tower and N aisle were added in the 15th century. The chancel was restored in 1879 by Lord Hylton. The manor, Ammerdown House, and much of the land, belong to Lord Hylton. Ammerdown House is an edifice in the Grecian style, after designs by Wyatt, stands in a park of 4 miles in circuit, and commands extensive views. A beautiful column 150 feet high, to the memory of Col. T. S. Joliffe, is in the park. The rocks are various, and include much coal at a great depth. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath; value, £190 with residence. Patron, Lord Hylton. The perpetual curacy of Coleford is a separate benefice. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
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 | Kilmersdon St. Peter and St. Paul | |
Hundred | Kilmersdon | |
Poor Law union | Frome |
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 Kilmersdon from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Kilmersdon (St. Peter and St. Paul))
Maps
Online maps of Kilmersdon 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.