Pylle, Somerset

Historical Description

Pylle, a village and a parish in Somerset. The village has a station on the Somerset and Dorset railway, 124 miles from London and 3½ S by W of Shepton Mallet, and a post and money order office under Shepton Mallet; telegraph office, Pylle railway station. It consists of cottages near the railway station called " Street on the Fosse," and Pylle Itself with church, manor, and a few houses, which are 1 mile from the station. Acreage of parish, 1117; population, 243. The manor belongs to Lord Portman. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; net value, £110 with residence. Patron, Lord Portman. The church consists of nave, transept, and chancel, with porch and tower; it was rebuilt in 1868 by Lord Portman. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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.

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 Pylle from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Pylle (St. Thomas à Becket))

Maps

Online maps of Pylle 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.