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Somerset baptism index parish list

Was your English ancestor baptised in Somerset? Search more than 2 million records and discover your ancestor’s baptism date and place, as well as parents’ names. Among the records, we found the name of John Cleese’s father, Reginald Francis Cheese, and Andrew Crosse, a scientist whose experiments with electricity inspired Frankenstein.

Somerset is located in South West England and bordered by five counties: Gloucestershire, Bristol, Wiltshire, Dorset, and Devon. The Somerset baptism index is an index to all baptism records held at the Somerset Archives. The collection stretches from 1501 to 1917. Baptism records are an incredible resource for family historians. They provide you with two generations of names for your family tree as well as a location to allow you to search for additional records related to the family such as electoral registers, census returns, and directories.

Below is a full list of all the parishes represented in this collection. Each parish is given a year range, in some cases, gaps may appear within this year range.

Place	Year from	Year to	Number of records
Abbas Combe	1838	1869	411
Abbots Leigh	1656	1907	3,275
Aisholt	1656	1859	921
Alford	1764	1812	156
Aller	1561	1867	2,923
Ansford	1554	1903	2,860
Ash	1845	1894	800
Ash Priors	1700	1902	1,111
Ashcott	1743	1886	2,467
Ashill	1558	1886	3,153
Ashington	1569	1844	355
Ashton Gate	1879	1907	5,021
Ashwick	1701	1901	5,314
Axbridge	1597	1835	1,851
Babcary	1598	1902	1,547
Babington	1606	1828	615
Backwell	1598	1867	2,044
Badgworth	1598	1855	1,468
Baltonsborough	1599	1840	1,011
Banwell	1571	1901	10,749
Barrington	1597	1911	3,764
Barrow Gurney	1590	1900	2,639
Barton St David	1598	1922	3,135
Barwick	1560	1922	4,423
Batcombe	1597	1889	6,931
Bath	1569	1906	90,283
Bathampton	1600	1901	2,017
Bathealton	1606	1816	105
Batheaston	1599	1922	13,362
Bathford	1602	1918	5,393
Bathwick	1600	1903	13,691
Bawdrip	1599	1882	1,760
Beckington	1559	1874	9,338
Bedminster	1594	1908	76,042
Beer Crocombe	1593	1900	1,713
Berkley	1547	1865	5,116
Berrow	1598	1854	2,257
Bickenhall	1603	1902	1,686
Bicknoller	1562	1900	3,433
Biddisham	1598	1833	217
Binegar	1605	1874	1,674
Bishops Hull	1562	1901	5,536
Bishops Lydeard	1598	1865	2,388
Bishopsworth	1843	1907	2,785
Blackford (near Milborne Port)	1594	1862	759
Blagdon	1555	1889	9,192
Bleadon	1597	1920	3,617
Bradford on Tone	1594	1847	1,271
Bratton	1595	1860	161
Brean	1605	1906	672
Brent Knoll	1662	1895	3,546
Brewham	1602	1871	6,338
Bridgwater	1558	1902	53,403
Brimpton	1602	1835	483
Brislington	1567	1908	8,297
Broadway	1598	1916	2,375
Brockley	1598	1922	1,305
Brompton Ralph	1559	1902	4,127
Brompton Regis	1605	1882	5,431
Broomfield	1607	1870	2,932
Brushford	1559	1887	3,958
Bruton	1554	1876	17,850
Buckland Dinham	1544	1922	5,023
Buckland St Mary	1540	1922	5,543
Burnett	1592	1834	219
Burnham on Sea	1609	1847	2,955
Burrington	1598	1922	1,607
Burrowbridge	1838	1861	391
Burtle	1598	1848	67
Butcombe	1605	1835	358
Butleigh	1598	1922	2,041
Cameley	1592	1863	2,965
Camerton	1601	1837	1,223
Cannington	1559	1901	9,638
Carhampton	1605	1864	3,860
Castle Cary	1564	1886	11,774
Catcott	1600	1901	3,718
Chaffcombe	1598	1906	2,321
Chapel Allerton	1690	1908	2,116
Chard	1612	1900	19,897
Charlcombe	1596	1822	341
Charlinch	1605	1922	2,481
Charlton Adam	1607	1877	1,745
Charlton Horethorne	1601	1863	2,846
Charlton Mackrell	1575	1874	2,552
Charlton Musgrove	1598	1842	691
Cheddar	1601	1834	3,024
Cheddon Fitzpaine	1558	1898	3,560
Chedzoy	1597	1849	1,392
Chelvey	1599	1825	91
Chelwood	1603	1903	1,110
Chew Magna	1599	1866	4,038
Chew Stoke	1598	1901	3,531
Chewton Mendip	1557	1858	8,917
Chilcompton	1599	1832	410
Chillington	1599	1887	1,268
Chilthorne Domer	1598	1840	432
Chilton Cantelo	1599	1847	638
Chilton Polden	1599	1884	2,058
Chilton Trinity	1599	1745	37
Chipstable	1602	1834	505
Chiselborough	1558	1862	3,368
Christon	1559	1835	525
Churchill	1605	1846	3,649
Clapton in Gordano	1558	1922	4,072
Clatworthy	1606	1837	661
Claverton	1582	1922	1,597
Clevedon	1607	1901	6,541
Cloford	1563	1829	1,989
Closworth	1594	1885	480
Clutton	1609	1884	6,389
Coleford	1823	1901	1,331
Combe Down	1854	1879	115
Combe Florey	1566	1901	2,847
Combe Hay	1594	1871	350
Combe St Nicholas	1605	1901	7,645
Compton Bishop	1606	1858	1,006
Compton Dando	1602	1895	2,676
Compton Dundon	1611	1922	4,314
Compton Martin	1559	1922	4,734
Compton Pauncefoot	1601	1851	429
Congresbury	1605	1853	1,980
Corfe	1567	1894	2,124
Corston	1598	1842	514
Corton Denham	1603	1831	586
Cossington	1606	1861	335
Cothelstone	1595	1864	443
Coxley	1845	1901	637
Creech St Michael	1606	1901	4,856
Crewkerne	1559	1901	34,026
Cricket Malherbie	1598	1920	269
Cricket St Thomas	1564	1836	747
Croscombe	1559	1901	8,379
Crowcombe	1594	1842	1,459
Cucklington	1605	1861	970
Cudworth	1607	1921	1,210
Culbone	1605	1844	366
Curland	1605	1900	1,180
Curry Mallet	1597	1900	3,278
Curry Rivel	1607	1904	10,201
Cutcombe	1598	1886	5,453
Dinder	1592	1901	2,019
Dinnington	1599	1843	426
Ditcheat	1562	1922	11,770
Dodington	1538	1837	916
Donyatt	1598	1882	3,488
Doulting	1602	1901	4,528
Dowlish Wake	1599	1878	2,380
Downhead	1613	1886	1,289
Downside	1839	1922	911
Draycott	1558	1901	4,047
Drayton	1599	1849	1,063
Dulverton	1558	1922	12,396
Dundry	1606	1841	742
Dunkerton	1601	1858	1,654
Dunster	1559	1903	11,713
Durleigh	1599	1901	956
Durston	1606	1899	1,777
East Brent	1556	1922	7,091
East Chinnock	1598	1859	3,832
East Coker	1560	1922	9,280
East Cranmore	1611	1901	341
East Harptree	1605	1901	3,864
East Horrrington	1845	1902	857
East Lambrook	1771	1822	454
East Lydford	1602	1900	758
East Pennard	1599	1922	6,356
East Quantoxhead	1559	1815	1,888
Easton in Gordano	1605	1857	2,077
Edington	1552	1900	2,648
Edington, Chilton, Stawell & Sutton Mallet	1803	1804	48
Elm	1601	1903	2,309
Elworthy	1589	1922	2,202
Emborough	1569	1922	2,424
Englishcombe	1605	1866	929
Enmore	1605	1886	2,917
Evercreech	1623	1831	1,872
Exford	1594	1901	3,883
Exton	1566	1864	2,709
Farleigh Hungerford	1602	1827	690
Farmborough	1559	1922	5,944
Farrington Gurney	1599	1901	2,884
Fiddington	1597	1851	483
Fitzhead	1558	1905	2,617
Fivehead	1598	1898	3,500
Flax Bourton	1605	1900	954
Foxcote	1595	1833	184
Freshford	1601	1902	5,538
Frome	1598	1837	10,779
Glastonbury	1597	1901	20,852
Goathill	1621	1873	88
Goathurst	1539	1900	3,935
Godney	1741	1869	357
Greinton	1606	1900	1,191
Halse	1558	1862	3,719
Hambridge	1844	1847	65
Hardington Mandeville	1598	1893	4,089
Haselbury Plucknett	1598	1922	5,502
Hatch Beauchamp	1605	1857	377
Hawkridge	1598	1836	697
Heathfield	1621	1839	971
Hemington	1539	1901	3,812
Henstridge	1605	1889	8,621
High Ham	1569	1901	8,744
High Littleton	1599	1901	5,705
Highbridge	1859	1901	1,846
Hillfarrance	1594	1881	2,489
Hinton Blewett	1570	1901	2,069
Hinton Charterhouse	1546	1902	5,564
Hinton St George	1597	1868	4,352
Holcombe	1599	1901	4,321
Holford	1558	1904	2,006
Holton	1558	1860	1,197
Hornblotton	1605	1836	310
Horsington	1559	1904	6,689
Huish Champflower	1597	1873	2,419
Huish Episcopi	1616	1901	3,510
Huntspill	1623	1841	2,289
Hutton	1593	1901	2,040
Ilchester	1594	1902	5,171
Ilminster	1605	1901	11,530
Ilton	1598	1839	561
Isle Abbotts	1593	1835	289
Isle Brewer	1599	1849	562
Keinton Mandeville	1608	1902	1,292
Kelston	1594	1870	520
Kenn	1545	1891	2,799
Kewstoke	1607	1863	2,377
Keynsham	1594	1885	11,387
Kilmersdon	1598	1902	10,778
Kilmington	1596	1922	3,952
Kilton	1607	1833	233
Kilve	1591	1832	1,242
Kingsbury Episcopi	1557	1917	8,186
Kingsdon	1538	1863	4,627
Kingston Seymour	1602	1883	2,297
Kingston St Mary	1597	1900	6,369
Kingstone	1606	1897	2,252
Kingweston	1598	1922	922
Kittisford	1598	1922	1,238
Knowle	1844	1908	15,696
Knowle St Giles	1607	1912	562
Lamyat	1602	1852	1,629
Langford Budville	1604	1835	627
Langport	1603	1857	2,157
Langridge	1603	1823	186
Laverton	1603	1851	290
Leigh on Mendip	1595	1843	945
Leigh Woods	1893	1908	79
Leighland	1784	1922	1,592
Lilstock	1606	1833	78
Limington	1594	1922	1,406
Litton	1622	1836	477
Locking	1598	1848	388
Long Ashton	1558	1896	10,006
Long Load	1726	1878	1,433
Long Sutton	1559	1899	6,809
Lopen	1607	1867	2,035
Lovington	1605	1922	2,245
Loxton	1568	1922	1,538
Luccombe or Luckham	1594	1901	2,612
Lufton	1598	1849	54
Lullington	1598	1836	725
Luxborough	1589	1866	3,303
Lydeard St Lawrence	1573	1903	6,828
Lympsham	1605	1922	3,077
Lyncombe & Widcombe	1605	1910	12,841
Lyng	1599	1879	2,902
Maperton	1559	1851	1,630
Mark	1606	1886	10,911
Marksbury	1563	1887	2,453
Marston Bigot	1598	1883	2,593
Marston Magna	1602	1844	530
Martock	1558	1894	21,768
Meare	1559	1902	8,275
Mells	1569	1901	10,452
Merriott	1598	1876	10,190
Middle Chinnock	1605	1840	647
Middlezoy	1605	1886	4,595
Midsomer Norton	1594	1840	2,778
Milborne Port	1602	1860	2,993
Milton Clevedon	1592	1849	447
Milverton	1538	1901	15,940
Minehead	1559	1901	18,172
Misterton	1560	1886	4,124
Monksilver	1605	1884	5,156
Monkton Combe	1599	1854	1,007
Montacute	1598	1859	3,489
Moorlinch	1598	1886	2,015
Moorlinch, Chilton, Edington, Stawell & Sutton Mallet	1805	1812	179
Muchelney	1607	1887	2,203
Mudford	1563	1879	2,442
Nailsea	1593	1877	3,598
Nempnett Thrubwell	1621	1836	390
Nether Stowey	1598	1837	1,823
Nettlecombe	1548	1887	4,043
Newton St Loe	1531	1877	3,326
North Barrow	1505	1870	920
North Cadbury	1598	1842	1,473
North Cheriton	1574	1922	2,389
North Curry	1539	1900	15,080
North Curry, Stoke Gregory & West Hatch	1697	1808	1,503
North Newton	1778	1901	928
North Perrott	1598	1873	3,570
North Petherton	1558	1901	29,483
North Stoke	1598	1840	616
North Wootton	1565	1887	2,475
Northover	1534	1909	1,148
Norton Fitzwarren	1594	1836	947
Norton Malreward	1554	1838	1,100
Norton St Philip	1585	1851	5,221
Norton sub Hamdon	1560	1901	4,623
Nunney	1547	1901	9,309
Nynehead	1598	1859	754
Oake	1594	1859	546
Oare	1599	1891	703
Odcombe	1598	1903	5,788
Old Cleeve	1606	1833	1,611
Orchard Portman	1538	1855	1,615
Orchardleigh	1623	1837	87
Othery	1560	1887	5,641
Otterford	1558	1900	2,475
Otterhampton	1607	1903	1,658
Over Stowey	1602	1856	1,248
Paulton	1592	1901	7,817
Pawlett	1597	1886	3,496
Pendomer	1594	1853	407
Penselwood	1593	1892	2,182
Pensford	1605	1901	2,381
Pilton	1558	1879	13,459
Pitcombe	1597	1844	619
Pitminster	1597	1886	4,108
Pitney	1607	1880	2,134
Podimore Milton	1501	1905	1,295
Porlock	1594	1922	8,632
Portbury	1599	1856	959
Portishead	1555	1901	4,641
Poyntington	1599	1840	290
Preston Plucknett	1622	1902	2,109
Priddy	1605	1868	1,279
Priston	1569	1903	2,344
Publow	1606	1901	4,621
Puckington	1594	1839	768
Puriton	1558	1912	4,102
Puxton	1598	1839	397
Pylle	1591	1901	1,862
Queen Camel	1601	1899	5,695
Queen Charlton	1568	1854	959
Raddington	1603	1830	257
Radstock	1597	1901	7,038
Redhill	1844	1896	801
Rimpton	1598	1851	455
Road or Rode	1588	1873	9,019
Rodden	1634	1901	1,465
Rodney Stoke	1604	1904	2,401
Rowberrow	1599	1832	374
Ruishton	1598	1901	1,900
Runnington	1599	1817	146
Saltford	1599	1847	679
Sampford Arundel	1605	1873	2,520
Sampford Brett	1598	1893	727
Sandford Orcas	1598	1853	633
Seaborough	1594	1837	191
Seavington St Mary	1598	1901	1,546
Seavington St Michael	1559	1901	1,454
Selworthy	1594	1902	4,498
Shapwick	1591	1885	3,814
Shepton Beauchamp	1558	1901	5,604
Shepton Mallet	1615	1901	44,894
Shepton Montague	1560	1922	4,484
Shipham	1560	1922	3,165
Skilgate	1603	1861	1,538
Somerton	1599	1906	13,916
South Barrow	1605	1859	1,246
South Brent	1507	1837	1,275
South Cadbury	1559	1887	3,395
South Petherton	1574	1901	15,528
South Stoke	1595	1887	1,885
Sparkford	1602	1835	885
Spaxton	1558	1922	7,016
St Catherine	1598	1881	452
St Decumans	1602	1922	15,211
St Michaelchurch	1598	1822	214
Stanton Drew	1602	1878	3,224
Stanton Prior	1572	1863	763
Staple Fitzpaine	1599	1902	2,813
Staplegrove	1558	1901	3,530
Stawell	1598	1851	634
Stawley	1598	1922	1,612
Stockland Bristol	1538	1843	2,017
Stocklinch Magdalen	1605	1842	358
Stocklinch Ottersey	1561	1900	965
Stogumber	1563	1922	12,041
Stogursey	1605	1922	13,470
Stoke Pero	1598	1836	286
Stoke St Gregory	1561	1901	9,216
Stoke St Mary	1602	1902	1,688
Stoke St Michael	1607	1901	6,647
Stoke sub Hamdon	1594	1851	1,679
Stoke Trister	1593	1861	962
Ston Easton	1595	1854	476
Stowell	1574	1849	922
Stowey	1602	1823	176
Stratton on the Fosse	1599	1863	805
Street	1598	1901	6,891
Stringston	1601	1833	757
Sutton Bingham	1608	1904	344
Sutton Mallet	1599	1891	702
Sutton Montis	1603	1859	657
Swainswick	1557	1922	2,894
Swell	1560	1915	1,390
Tatworth	1866	1922	1,624
Taunton	1558	1909	69,713
Tellisford	1551	1896	1,180
Theale	1828	1901	1,418
Thorne Coffin	1579	1835	284
Thorne St Margaret	1606	1848	85
Thornfalcon	1597	1903	1,568
Thurlbear	1607	1905	1,513
Thurloxton	1559	1901	2,254
Tickenham	1538	1878	2,920
Timberscombe	1601	1875	2,752
Timsbury	1561	1901	6,607
Tintinhull	1593	1824	531
Tolland	1598	1900	759
Treborough	1593	1836	221
Trent	1598	1840	525
Trull	1598	1835	809
Twerton	1599	1901	9,724
Ubley	1598	1917	2,927
Uphill	1598	1834	333
Upton	1597	1901	2,001
Upton Noble	1677	1922	1,972
Vobster	1848	1900	342
Walcot	1599	1883	41,304
Walton	1607	1902	4,179
Walton in Gordano	1598	1853	225
Wambrook	1654	1904	1,483
Wanstrow	1570	1875	3,955
Wayford	1594	1896	2,693
Weare	1598	1837	946
Wedmore	1561	1900	25,911
Wellington	1616	1922	17,284
Wellow	1599	1837	929
Wells	1608	1901	45,210
Wembdon	1605	1837	732
West Bagborough	1813	1829	254
West Bradley	1605	1922	1,456
West Buckland	1607	1922	6,653
West Camel	1597	1876	720
West Chinnock	1636	1862	2,447
West Coker	1602	1900	5,238
West Cranmore	1580	1901	1,832
West Harptree	1598	1903	3,780
West Hatch	1603	1889	3,457
West Lydford	1611	1903	1,793
West Monkton	1558	1901	5,534
West Pennard	1538	1874	6,666
West Quantoxhead	1558	1922	2,597
Westbury sub Mendip	1608	1837	784
Weston	1538	1901	11,536
Weston Bampfylde	1606	1837	406
Weston in Gordano	1593	1837	318
Weston super Mare	1599	1904	6,808
Weston Zoyland	1560	1922	8,212
Whatley	1598	1903	2,134
Wheathill	1605	1898	161
Whitchurch	1565	1907	2,959
Whitelackington	1607	1901	1,666
Whitestaunton	1606	1883	2,596
Wick St Lawrence	1598	1910	3,085
Wilton	1558	1901	3,877
Wincanton	1593	1887	14,179
Winford	1594	1835	1,199
Winscombe	1591	1900	6,254
Winsford	1594	1902	2,938
Winsham	1559	1922	8,907
Witham Friary	1631	1901	4,187
Withiel Florey	1598	1909	1,016
Withycombe	1605	1897	2,249
Withypool	1598	1907	1,085
Wiveliscombe	1558	1885	21,675
Wookey	1565	1902	7,842
Woolavington	1605	1902	2,407
Woolley	1563	1837	557
Woolverton	1598	1835	359
Wootton Courtney	1558	1871	3,708
Worle	1598	1901	5,709
Wraxall	1612	1837	917
Wrington	1538	1900	11,338
Writhlington	1598	1900	1,546
Wyke Champflower	1677	1922	381
Yarlington	1599	1902	2,070
Yatton	1605	1909	11,290
Yeovil	1607	1861	8,345
Yeovilton	1599	1903	1,550