Abbots Leigh, Somerset Genealogy

England Somerset



Parish History
Abbots Leigh was a chapelry of Bedminster St John the Baptist, Somerset

The Church of England parish church of the Holy Trinity 44 Church Road, Abbots Leigh, North Somerset BS8 3QU is a 15th century Perpendicular Gothic building, restored and partially rebuilt in 1847–48 after a fire. The tower has three bells cast in 1781 by William Bilbie of the Bilbie family. English Heritage has designated Holy Trinity a Grade II* listed building. The village and civil parish is in the unitary authority of North Somerset which was created in 1996, as established by the Local Government Act 1992. It provides a single tier of local government with responsibility for almost all local government functions within their area including local planning and building control, local roads, council housing, environmental health, markets and fairs, refuse collection, recycling, cemeteries, crematoria, leisure services, parks, and tourism. They are also responsible for education, social services, libraries, main roads, public transport, trading standards, waste disposal and strategic planning, although fire, police and ambulance services are provided jointly with other authorities through the Avon Fire and Rescue Service, Avon and Somerset Constabulary and the Great Western Ambulance Service. North Somerset's area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset but it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters are in the town hall in Weston-super-Mare. Between April 1, 1974 and April 1, 1996, it was the Woodspring district of the county of Avon. Before 1974 that the parish was part of the Long Ashton Rural District.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.


 * Bedminster 1837-1896
 * South Bristol (Gloucestershire) 1896-1899
 * Long Ashton 1899-1936
 * Weston super Mare 1936-1974
 * Avon registers are now in North Somerset registration service The Register Office, 41 The Boulevard, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 1PG. Tel: 01934 627552. Fax: 01934 412014.

Church records
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Parish registers for Abbots-Leigh, 1656-1991

Baptisms, burials, 1656-1767 Marriages, 1656-1725 Marriages, 1769-1807 Burials, 1703-1812 Baptisms, 1783-1885 Marriages, 1814-1837 Burials, 1813-1933 FHL BRITISH Film 1597123 Items 5-11 Baptisms, 1885-1900 FHL BRITISH Film 1657276 Item 20 Baptisms, (another filming) 1885-1900 Baptisms, 1900-1991 FHL BRITISH Film 1657925 Item 9 Banns 1844-1966 VAULT BRITISH Film 1749479 Item 1

Bishop's transcripts for Abbots-Leigh, 1673-1881 Baptisms, 1673-1675, 1677-1700, 1703-1704, 1706, 1708-1715, 1717-1723, 1726-1727, 1729, 1732-1734, 1736-1738, 1741, 1743-1785, 1787, 1789-1797, 1801-1861, 1863, 1869-1881; Marriages, 1674-1675, 1684, 1688, 1692, 1694-1695, 1708-1711, 1713, 1736, 1769-1780, 1782-1785, 1787, 1793-1797, 1801, 1803-1807, 1809, 1814, 1818, 1822-1829, 1831-1846, 1848-1851, 1853-1854, 1856, 1859-1860, 1863, 1869-1871, 1874-1875, 1877-1878, 1880-1881; Burials, 1673-1675, 1677-1700, 1703-1704, 1706, 1708-1715, 1717-1723, 1726-1727, 1729, 1732-1734, 1736-1738, 1741, 1743-1785, 1787, 1789-1797, 1801-1861, 1863, 1869-1881. FHL BRITISH Film 1545405 Item 1 Baptisms, marriages and burials, 1831-1834 (another filming) FHL BRITISH Film 1278895 Item 3

Known issue Events attributed to Abbots Leigh in the England Bristol Church of England Parish Registers and Bishops’ Transcripts index have been found to refer to other parishes in the collection.

Census records
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Index for the Census may be searched at FamilySearch Historical Records

http://www.1881pubs.com/ for details of public houses in the 1881 census

Census information is provided by many public libraries in Britain in fiche collections and is available online at Ancestry (fee payable) The following filming by the Genealogical Society of Utah is available for this parish.

Census returns for Abbots-Leigh, 1841-1891

1841 FHL BRITISH Film 474603 1851 p. 660-673 FHL BRITISH Film 221106 1861 FHL BRITISH Film 542854 1871 FHL BRITISH Film 835250 1881 FHL BRITISH Film 1341593 1891 RG 12/1956 (4 fiches) FHL BRITISH Fiche 6097066 (4 fiche)

Poor Law Unions
For Vestry and overseers accounts see Parish chest records, 1717-1927

Register of preachers 1839-1896 Incumbents papers 1814-1923 Vestry minutes 1788-1923 Overseers rates &amp; disbursements 1792-1836 Churchwardens papers 1843-1923 Churchwardens accounts 1840-1849 1785-1927 Churchwardens memoranda book 1834-1858 Charities accounts 1742-1927 Misc. charity papers 1717-1927 Miscellaneous 1759-1774 VAULT BRITISH Film 1749479 Items 2-12

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Somerset Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

Maps and Gazetteers
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-33400-churchyard-cross-in-the-churchyard-and-to British Listed Buildings online