Wootton Courtney, Somerset

Historical Description

Wootton Courtney, a parish, with a village, in Somerset, 11 miles W of Williton, and 5 from Minehead station on the G.W.R. It has a post office under Dunster; money order and telegraph office, Dunster. Acreage, 3299; population of the civil parish, 299; of the ecclesiastical, 297. The manor belonged anciently to the Courtneys, and belongs now to the Dutton family. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Bath and Wells; net value, £200 with residence. Patron, Eton College. The church is an ancient building of stone in the Gothic style, and has been restored.

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 Wootton Courtney from the following:

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

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.