England & Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index
Marriages 1754 - 1837
Lullington All Saints

The Parish

The parish of Lullington lies in the extreme east of Somerset quite close to its border with neighbouring Wiltshire. Lullington is located about 3 miles of the market town of Frome, it is an extremely small place not much more than a hamlet. Lullington sits in lanes about a mile and a half west of the A36 road which runs from Bath to Warminster on the western side of the valley of the River Frome. The area would largely have been used for pastoral farming at the time of this transcript. The Frome drains the parish to the north where it meets the Avon to the west of Bradford on Avon and thence the Bristol Channel through the Clifton Gorge. Lullington sits at a height of 70 metres above sea level and the land around is gently undulating to local heights of around 110 metres. Lullington parish sits in an area of Somerset where there are many small parishes, even so it is a small one, it covered less than 700 acres and supported a population of around 140 parishioners. In Domesday times Lullington was held by one Bishop Geoffrey of Coutances and could offer 6 plough, some small meadows and woodlands plus a mill.

The Church

All Saints' church sits at the western end of the small settlement along a dead-end lane which runs northwards off the main village route. The church is an ancient building with its origins in the Norman period. Pevsner waxes lyrical about the building describing it as "the most enjoyable Norman village church in Somerset". The church follows an unusual layout with a central tower, this without the normal crucifix pattern as there are no transepts merely a nave, the tower and then the chancel. There are numerous remains of the Norman building, although parts were clearly rebuilt in the Decorated & Perpendicular periods. The northern doorway is the showpiece of the building and the basal portion of the tower is also notable. The church sits behind a low local stone wall opposite farm buildings and in a rather bucolic setting. A fine lych gate at the southern end of the site grants access and there are few obstructions to photography.