Wells St Thomas, Somerset Genealogy

Guide to Wells St Thomas family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
WELLS St Thomas was created a chapel of ease to the ancient parish (The Cathedral) of St Andrew the Apostle, in the city (registers begin in 1858).

The city by 1870 was not only comprised of the Cathedral St Andrew, but also the in-parish of St. Cuthbert (registers commence from 1609), which surrounds the cathedral precincts, St Thomas Chapel, created and built by 1858 and the three district chapelries of (East) Horrington (registers begin in 1845), Coxley (registers begin in 1845), and Easton (registers begin in 1848).

In the town are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, and Wesleyans.

Church Records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Non-Conformists (All other Religions)

 * 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images (coverage may vary)

Census Records

 * 1526 - Wells City Lay Subsidy, E 179/169/139 . Copy:.

Websites
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Wells/index.html