Stembridge, Glamorgan
Historical Description
Stembridge, formerly extra-parochial, now a parish in Glamorgan, 4 miles WSW of Cowbridge. Acreage, 38; population, 6.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Somersetshire | |
Civil parish | Kingsbury Episcopi | |
Hundred | Kingsbury | |
Poor Law union | Langport | |
Registration district | Bridgend | 1837 - 1970 |
Registration district | Mid Glamorgan | 1970 - 1974 |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Stembridge from 1837 to 1970 you should search for the Bridgend Registration District.
For births, marriages, and deaths in Stembridge from 1970 to 1974 you should search for the Mid Glamorgan Registration District.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Stembridge from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Stembridge)
Maps
Online maps of Stembridge 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 newspapers online: