Wells Cathedral St Andrew, Somerset Genealogy

England   Somerset   Somerset Parishes

Parish History
WELLS, (Cathedral of St Andrew the Apostle), a city, having separate jurisdiction, and the head of a union, in the hundred of Wells-Forum, east division of Somerset, 19 miles southwest from Bath, 19 miles south of  Bristol; containing, with that part of St. Cuthbert's parish, outside the city's limits.

The city by 1870 was comprised of 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.