Place:Bath St. Michael, Somerset, England

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NameBath St. Michael
Alt namesBath St. Michael within the Wallssource: chapelry
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates51.3836°N 2.3597°W
Located inSomerset, England     ( - 1900)
See alsoBath Forum Hundred, Somerset, Englandhundred in which it was located
Bath, Somerset, Englandcity taking over its civil duties in 1900

The church of the parish of Bath St. Michael is located on Broad Street in Bath.

It was a civil parish from 1866 until 1900 when its administration was absorbed into the City of Bath.

Bath St. Michael covered the northeast sector of the city. Parish records began in 1569 and Bishops Transcripts in 1607. (Source: English Jurisdictions)

Research Tips

  • The Somerset Heritage Centre (incorporating what was formerly the Somerset Record Office and the Somerset Local Studies Library) can be found at its new location at Langford Mead in Taunton. It has an online search facility leading to pages of interest, including maps from the First and Second Ordnance Survey (select "Maps and Postcards" from the list at the left, then enter the parish in the search box).
    The Heritage Centre has an email address: archives@somerset.gov.uk.
  • Three maps on the A Vision of Britain through Time website illustrate the changes in political boundaries over the period 1830-1945. All have expanding scales and on the second and third this facility is sufficient that individual parishes can be inspected.
  • Somerset Hundreds as drawn in 1832. This map was prepared before The Great Reform Act of that year. Note the polling places and representation of the various parts of the county.
  • Somerset in 1900, an Ordnance Survey map showing rural districts, the boundaries of the larger towns, the smaller civil parishes of the time, and some hamlets and villages in each parish
  • Somerset in 1943, an Ordnance Survey map showing the rural districts after the changes to their structure in the 1930s