Bishop's Lydeard, Somerset Genealogy

England Somerset Somerset Parishes

Parish History
LYDEARD, BISHOP'S (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Taunton, W. division of the hundred of Kinsbury and of the county of Somerset, 5 miles (N. W.) from Taunton. There is a place of worship for Independents. An almshouse, built in 1616, was given by Richard Grobham for aged persons.