England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Binegar lies in northeastern central Somerset about 4 miles north of the market town of Shepton Mallet. Binegar is a mid-sized village which sits on, and west of, the A37 road which connects Shepton Mallet through to Bristol. Most properties within the village are built around the junction of the A37 or along the westwards running lane (Station Road) heading for the church. Whilst Binegar was principally an agricultural village it sat on the southern fringe of the Somerset coalfield and some employment would have come from the mines which operated to the east between Binegar and Holcombe. The farming was largely pastoral as Binegar sat on the northern edges of the limestone Mendip Hills with their thin and poor soils being unsuitable for arable cultivation. Modern developments did arrive at Binegar with construction of a railway branch line between Shepton Mallet & Radstock but this has since been closed and all but disappeared. Binegar is drained eastwards by the headwaters of the Mells River which joins firstly the Frome and then the Avon to return back westwards through Bristol to the Avon Gorge and Bristol Channel. Binegar is sited at between 200 & 230 metres above the sea, the western end being higher, land continues to rise onto the Mendips which top out at almost 300 metres on nearby Beacon Hill. Somerset parishes are often small in extent, Binegar was such but was also peculiar in being thin and stretched on a north to south axis, presumably to grant a share of both the limestone country and the lower and slightly richer land to the north. Binegar is not specifically mentioned in Domesday Book. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 1754 - 1769 | All marriage registers prior to 1759 are missing and there are no contemporary Bishop's Transcripts | |||
2 | 17th September 1769 - 18th May 1812 | Somerset Heritage Centre - Reference D/P/BIN/2/1/3 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 1 Register - Few issues noted and a low likelihood of misreads | None |
3 | 16th February 1813 - 31st March 1837 | Somerset Heritage Centre - Reference D/P/BIN/2/1/4 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Ston
Easton St Mary
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Easton St Mary
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Easton St Mary
Emborough St Mary |
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Ashwick
St James
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Ashwick
St James
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