Yeovil Genealogical Records
Yeovil Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Transcriptions of 255 parish baptism registers. They list children, their parents' names, residences, occupations and sometimes other details.
Transcriptions of copies of parish registers that were compiled for the Bishop of Wells.
A collection of indexes and transcripts of birth and baptism records that cover over 250 million people. Includes digital images of many records.
An index to births registered at the central authority for England & Wales. The index provides the area where the birth was registered, mother's maiden name from September 1911 and a reference to order a birth certificate.
Yeovil Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Brief notes on marriages occurring in St John Baptist, Yeovil from 1750 to 1874.
An index to marriages in St John, Yeovil from 1737 to 1839, listing the date of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
An index to marriages recorded by the church, listing the date of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
An index to marriages recorded by the church, listing the date of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
Yeovil Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Details extracted from tombs, monuments and plaques.
Vital details extracted from tombstones and other monuments.
Burial records covering those buried at St John the Baptist, Yeovil_. This resource is an index and may not include all the details that were recorded in the burial registers from which they were extracted.
Transcriptions of around half the parish burial registers for Somerset. They list the name of the deceased, the date of their death and/or burial and sometimes other details, such as age and occupation.
Yeovil Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
Digital images of books the list people eligible to vote in Somerset. Includes addresses and nature of that address.
An early census of men able to serve in the militia.
Newspapers Covering Yeovil
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the Wells area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
Fully text-searchable articles from a local newspaper covering the Sherborne district. It includes family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more.
A politically independent newspaper, covering the affairs of Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. It includes family notices.
A weekly newspaper that circulated through Wales and parts of Somerset and Gloucestershire. It published general news, literature, commentary, family notices, adverts etc. Each edition has been indexed and digitised.
A regional newspaper covering the counties of Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire Hampshire and Berkshire. It covers local and national news, family announcements, business news, legal proceedings and more.
Yeovil Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
Summaries of 1,616 wills that may detail family relationships, land ownership and other details.
An index to estate administrations performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The index covers the southern two thirds of England & Wales, but may also contain entries for northerners.
A calendar to wills and admons granted by the Archdeaconry of Leicester. Contains year of the grant, name and residence.
A searchable database of mid-17th Century probates performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. Supplies details of testator and executor.
Yeovil Immigration & Travel Records
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
An index to and images of documents recording over 1.65 million passengers who arrived in Victoria, Australia, including passengers whose voyage was paid for by others.
Details on over 600,000 non-British citizens arriving in England. Often includes age and professions. Useful for discerning the origin of immigrants.
Details on thousands of 17th century British immigrants to the U.S., detailing their origins and nature of their immigration.
Yeovil Military Records
An index to almost 11,000 men connected with Somerset who died during WWI.
An early census of men able to serve in the militia.
A history of the regiment in the run-up to and during the Napoleonic Wars.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Somerset, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Somerset, with some service details.
Yeovil Court & Legal Records
A collection of charters, writs, letters, conveyances and other records from the Dean & Chapter of Wells.
Transcripts of a large number of records detailing investigations into deaths.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
Records of over 300,000 prisoners held by quarter sessions in England & Wales. Records may contain age, occupation, criminal history, offence and trial proceedings.
Over 175,000 records detailing prisoner's alleged offences and the outcome of their trial. Contains genealogical information.
Yeovil Taxation Records
A transcription of records naming those who had taxes levied against them for the privilege of owning a hearth.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
A compilation of records from the Court of the Exchequer primarily dealing with taxes and land. These records are in Latin.
Yeovil Land & Property Records
A collection of charters, writs, letters, conveyances and other records from the Dean & Chapter of Wells.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Poll books record the names of voters and the direction of their vote. Until 1872 only landholders could vote, so not everyone will be listed. Useful for discerning an ancestor's political leanings and landholdings. The collection is supplemented with other records relating to the vote.
Abstracts of records detailing the estates and families of deceased tenants from the reigns of Henry III and Edward I.
Yeovil Directories & Gazetteers
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key historical and contemporary facts. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions. Also contains a list of residents and businesses for each place.
Yeovil Cemeteries
Details extracted from tombs, monuments and plaques.
Vital details extracted from tombstones and other monuments.
An index to vital details engraved on over 100,000 monuments across the county of Somerset.
Photographs and descriptions of Somerset's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Yeovil Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Yeovil Histories & Books
Selected issues of a periodical which contains many historical and genealogical tracts relating to the counties of Somerset and Dorset.
A history of Catholicism in South West England with biographies of noted Catholics. Contains details of the Dominican, Benedictine, and Franciscan orders.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and images of churches in Somerset.
A history of turnpikes and tollhouses in Somerset. Includes profiles of individual turnpikes.
Yeovil School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Yeovil Occupation & Business Records
Abstracts of apprenticeship indentures initiated by parishes in Somerset. These records provide details on parents' names and occupations.
An introduction to smuggling on the west coast of Britain & the Isle of Man, with details of the act in various regions.
Histories of Somerset pubs, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
Profiles of coal and metal mines in the south of England.
An index of Glamorgan police officers who came from the West Country.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Yeovil
Pedigrees of Somerset gentry families, including depictions of their arms. The book also contains some biographical information.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
Yeovil Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
Pedigrees of Somerset gentry families, including depictions of their arms. The book also contains some biographical information.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and descriptions of Somerset's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Yeovil Church Records
A collection of charters, writs, letters, conveyances and other records from the Dean & Chapter of Wells.
Abstracts of apprenticeship indentures initiated by parishes in Somerset. These records provide details on parents' names and occupations.
A history of Catholicism in South West England with biographies of noted Catholics. Contains details of the Dominican, Benedictine, and Franciscan orders.
Transcriptions of registers that record baptisms, which typically occur shortly after birth; marriages and burials. They can help establish links between individuals back to the 16th century.
An index to vital details engraved on over 25,000 monuments across the county of Somerset.
Biographical Directories Covering Yeovil
Brief biographies of thousands of notable Somerset men.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
Yeovil Maps
Digital images of maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Maps of parishes in England, Scotland and Wales. They are useful in determining which parish records may be relevant to your research.
Yeovil Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
Yeovil is Pleasantly situated, surrounded by a beautiful country, and sheltered from the north by a range of high hills, finely cultivated, derives its name from the river Yeo, or Ivil, which rising from seven springs, called the Seven Sisters, near Sherborne, runs here under a stone bridge of three arches, dividing the counties of Somerset and Dorset.
Yeovil is a large and populous town, on the great western road from London to Exeter. It is governed by a Portreeve and eleven burgesses, out of whom the Portreeve, who is a magistrate for the time being, is annually chosen. The market-day, which is on Friday, is very large, for corn, cattle, pigs, bacon, cheese, butter, flax, and hemp. In the two last articles, there is frequently from 600l. to 1,000l. returned on a market-day. There are also two fairs, of two days each; one on the 16th of November, the other on the 20th of June. The manufacture of coarse woollen cloth was formerly carried on at this place, but at present the making of leathern gloves is the principal business of the town.
The Church is a handsome Gothic structure; but it contains no monuments of antiquity.
In the year 1449, 117 houses in this town were destroyed by fire.
There have been many antiquities discovered in and about Yeovil, proving its having been visited and known to the Romans; such as coins and Mosaic pavements, the work of that people.
YEOVIL is a municipal borough, market and union town, parish, head of a petty sessional division and county court district, 124 miles from London, 40 south-west from Bristol, 5 ½ west from Sherborne, 25 south-west from Frome and 22 south from Wells, with stations on the Great Western and South Western railways. The parish consists of the tithings of Yeovil Borough, Hendford, Wigden and Huntley, Lyde, Pen Mill, and Marsh, and the manor of Newton, and is in the Southern division of the county, Stone hundred, rural deanery of Merston (Merston district), archdeaconry of Wells and diocese of Bath and Wells. The town is on the road from London to Exeter, and on the river Yeo, or Ivel, from which stream it takes its name, and which here separates this county from Dorsetshire. The main line of the London and South Western railway, the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth line, and the Yeovil and Durston branch of the Great Western railway passes through; the railway station, in Middle street, belonging to both companies, is a spacious and elegant Elizabethan structure of brick. The station of the Great Western railway at Pen Mill is a stone building. That at Hendford is now used for goods only.
The town has undergone considerable improvement and enlargement; most of the shops have been modernised, and many handsome houses have been erected, especially in the southern and western quarters: it is paved, lighted with gas from works established in 1833, by a company and acquired by the Corporation in 1899, under an Act of Parliament, and has an abundant supply of water, obtained from Holywell, about 8 miles distant: the works were constructed by the Corporation, and there are two service reservoirs with a capacity of 1,250,000 gallons on the top of Newton Hill, about half a mile from the town. The town, is incorporated, the corporation consisting of a mayor, four aldermen and twelve common councilmen, elected under the provisions of an Act passed in 1853, entitled, “An Act for the Governing and Regulation of the Town.” The borough has a commission of the peace. The police arrangements are under the control of the county constabulary.
Extensive sewerage works on the septic tank system are now (1901) in course of erection.
The church of St. John the Baptist is a spacious building of local limestone with Ham stone dressings in the Perpendicular style, erected in 1376 (the crypt dating from 1226), and consisting of chancel, nave of seven bays, aisles, transepts, south porch, organ chamber and a massive and lofty western tower with pierced parapet and containing 10 bells, the tenor weighing 2 tons 6 cwt.: the aisles, being nearly the same height as the nave, give a magnificent effect, which is much increased by the great size of the windows: under the eastern part of the chancel is a crypt, of late Early English or Early Decorated work, and vaulted from a central pier: the chancel retains sedilia and an aumbry, and the font is a fine example of the Perpendicular style: there are brasses to Marton Forester, a monk, c. 1460, with half-effigy and two Latin verses, and one to Giles Penne, gent. c. 1519, and Isabel, his wife: there are also several monuments to the Harbin family as well as some to the Batten and Newman families, and a monumental marble bust of the Rev. Robert Phelips M.A. vicar from 1815; the church has been restored and reseated with open seats, and all the windows have been filled with stained glass; one of these was presented by the ladies of the town: the western window was erected by the inhabitants, as a memorial to H.R.H, the Prince Consort, who died Dec. 14, 1861: a fine organ was presented by Mrs. Mayo, in 1895, at a cost of £1,200: the church has been restored since 1873, at a cost of £1,649, and affords sittings for 850 persons, 280 being free. The register dates from the year 1560. The living is a vicarage, with Yeovil Marsh and the chapelry of Preston annexed, joint net yearly value £403, with residence, in the gift of Col. Henry Edward Harbin J.P. and other trustees, and held since 1898 by the Rev. James Phelips M.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge, prebendary of Wells Cathedral, chaplain to the Yeovil union, and surrogate.
A Sunday School was erected in 1898, by George Troyte-Chafyn-Grove esq. J.P. and Mrs. Donne, and contains a clock provided by subscription at a cost of £60, in memory of Her Majesty, the late Queen Victoria.
The Reformed Episcopal church, in the Park, is a stone building in the Early Decorated style, erected in 1880, and will seat 500 persons.
The Catholic church, dedicated to the Holy Ghost, stands at the junction of the Avenue and Higher Kingston: it was begun in 1894, and completed in 1899, from designs by the Very Rev. A. J. C. Scales, and is a building of Ham stone, in the Early English style, consisting of nave, with semi-decagonal apsidal sanctuary, aisle with Lady chapel, sacristy with spacious organ loft above, and a turret over 70 feet high, containing 1 bell: the church is supported by massive buttresses, relieved by niches filled with statues of saints: adjoining is a presbytery and opposite the entrance is a 13th century crucifix, which stood in the churchyard of St. John the Baptist until about the 16th century, and was discovered in that church during the re-building in 1854.
The Congregational chapel, in Princes street, is a building of Ham stone, erected in 1878, on the site of an earlier structure, built in 1792, and has sittings for 800 persons: the old school adjoining was remodelled in 1893, and converted into a hall to hold 300 people. The Baptist chapel, in South street, is an edifice of stone, erected in 1829, on the site of an earlier chapel built in 1688: it was enlarged in 1899 and new organ erected at a total cost of £1,700, and has sittings for 750 persons: the minister’s house, built in 1889, is at Hendford. The Baptist Tabernacle, in Tabernacle lane, erected in 1804, has 220 sittings. A small Baptist chapel of red brick with Ham stone dressings, was erected in 1895, in Huish. The Unitarian chapel, in Vicarage street, erected in 1704, on the site of one built in 1662, was rebuilt in 1893, and will seat 250 persons. The Wesleyan chapel, in Vicarage street, is a large building of stone in the Gothic style, and has 650 sittings. There is also a Wesleyan chapel at Pen Mill, with 80 sittings. The Primitive Methodist chapel, in South street, erected in 1865, is a building of red brick with stone dressings, and has 300 sittings; the Primitive Methodist chapel, Newtown, built in 1872, was enlarged in 1,891, and will seat 220 persons. The Brethren’s chapel, in Vicarage street, has 150 sittings.
The St. John’s Sunday schools have been rebuilt at a cost exceeding £3,000.
There are Sunday schools attached to the respective places of worship, and an adult evening school at the schoolroom in Church street.
The Cemetery, in Preston road, was opened in 1860, and is about 8 acres in extent, and has two mortuary chapels: it is under the control of a Joint Burial Committee of 7 members of the Town Council and 2 members from the Yeovil Without Parish Council.
The Town Hall, in the High street, erected in 1849, at a cost of about £4,000, is a handsome building of stone in the Italian style, 62 feet in height: the principal front exhibits a rusticated basement from which rise six pillars, supporting a frieze and cornice, having five windows of large dimensions: in the centre is a clock: the hall is 58 ½ feet in length, 34 feet 6 in in breadth and 22 feet in height: the Corn Exchange, as well as the market for meat, fruit, cheese and vegetables, is on the ground floor.
The Police Station is in Union street, and includes a residence for the superintendent, and cells for the prisoners.
The Masonic Hall, in Hendford, erected in 1894, at a cost of £1,400, is of red brick, with Ham stone facings and contains a hall let for public meetings, entertainments &c. with seats for 200 persons; above is the lodge room and other rooms: the building is the property of the Yeovil Masonic Hall Company Limited.
The Victoria Temperance Hall, in South street, erected in 1887, is of red brick, and contains two large rooms, holding 300 and 200 people respectively; there is also a library of about 300 volumes: the classes of the Science and Art School are held here.
The head quarters of F Company of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, the Prince Albert’s (Somersetshire Light Infantry). are in The Park.
The Fire Brigade consists of 16 members with a manual engine and a fire escape.
The Yeovil Public Baths, the property of the Corporation, were erected in 1884, at a cost of about £1,500, and comprise a large swimming bath 92 feet long and 28 feet in breadth, and 5 private baths, 2 for ladies and 3 for gentlemen.
The Constitutional Club, Princes street, erected in 1889, is a handsome and spacious building, containing reading, billiard and card rooms, a bowling saloon and large hall, known as “Princes Street Assembly Rooms,” which is licensed for dramatic and musical entertainments, and will hold nearly 1,000 persons; the building was enlarged in 1894, and a permanent stage erected.
The Liberal Club, in Middle street, erected in 1895, is of red brick with Ham stone dressings; on the ground floor are reading rooms for the men’s club and the Women’s Liberal Association, and an assembly room let for public meetings &c.; on the upper floor are two billiard rooms containing four tables; a card and games room, and offices for the South Somerset Liberal Association; the cost, including the land, exceeded £2,000, and the building is the property of a limited company, by whom it is leased to the Yeovil Working Men’s Liberal Association.
The Yeovil Young Men’s Christian Association and Mutual Improvement Society’s Institute and Reading Room is in Church street; it has a library for the use of members, and is well supplied with newspapers and periodicals.
The Yeovil Agricultural Society is well supported and holds its annual meetings in September, when prizes are given for the improvement of the breed in stock and the furtherance of agricultural science.
The Newspapers are the “Western Gazette” and “Western Chronicle,” published on Thursdays, “Pulman’s Weekly News,” published on Tuesdays, and the “Yeovil Leader,” published on Mondays.
The town has long been celebrated for the manufacture of leather gloves, which gives employment to the greater portion of the inhabitants of the town, as well as to thousands of females in the neighbourhood. There are two breweries, and an extensive foundry; brick-making is also carried on. There are branches here of Stuckey’s Banking Co.; the Wilts and Dorset Banking Company; the Devon and Cornwall Banking Co. Limited, and the Capital and Counties Bank Limited. The weekly market day is Friday, for cattle, corn, meat, cheese and flax, and the great market day, every alternate Friday. Fairs are held on the last Friday in June and the third Friday in November yearly.
The Yeovil District Hospital and Dispensary in Kingston was established in 1858, and contains 20 beds. During the year 1900, 121 in-patients and 445 outpatients were under treatment. The average number of in-patients is 14.
Sydney Gardens, about 3 acres in extent, were presented to the town by Sydney Watts esq. in 1897, the third year of his mayoralty; they have been tastefully laid out by the Corporation at a cost of about £800, and contain a bandstand, fountains and seats, presented by various donors.
Woborne’s Almshouses, in Bond street, were founded in 1476, by John Woborne, for six men and six women, each of whom receives 7s. per week, in addition to coals and clothing: the income amounts to about £700 yearly, derived from landed property. The Corporation Almshouse, formerly called Portreeve’s Almshouse, is for four old women, who have 6d. per week each and house firing, and are also entitled to parochial relief. The Almshouse is under the care of a matron, who receives 4s. per week. The other charities consist of a sum of £500, left by William Neal esq. in 1830, the interest to be given away annually, at Christmas, in beef; Jeane’s charity of £2 10s.; Zile’s, of £14; Cheesman’s, £2 10s.; and Bull’s, £3 11s. yearly.
Newton House, the seat of Col. Henry Edward Harbin J.P. is about half a mile from the town, within rich park-like grounds, surrounded by fine woodland scenery; the river Yeo flows immediately in front of the house: the family of Harbin is of very ancient date, and was settled at Wyke, Iwerne and Blandford, in Dorsetshire, for more than three centuries, but removed to Newton in the reign of James I.; a house is said to have existed here in the time of Edward I. but the present mansion was erected by Robert Harbin in the early part of the reign of James I. The views from Newton, Summerhouse, and Windmill Hills are of the most pleasing description. Hendford House, the residence of Miss Hinuber, is a large modern mansion, surrounded by fine lawns and gardens. Pen House, the residence of Mrs. Bradford, stands on an eminence; and has attached gardens, well laid out. The other principal residences are, Hendford Manor House, the residence of James Bernard Paynter esq.; Aldon, of Henry Butler Batten esq.; Hollands, of Miss Batten; Kingston Manor, of Thomas William Dampier-Bide esq. J.P.; and Swallowcliffe, of Thomas Worsfold Mayo esq.
The Corporation held the memorial rights. The principal landowners are Col. Henry Edward Harbin, Arthur John Goodford esq. of Chilton Cantelo, H. Halsey esq. and Captain George James William Prowse, of St. Edith’s, Bromham, Wilts.
The soil is loam and sand; the subsoil is clay. The area of the borough and newly formed civil parish is 692 acres; rateable value, £43,552; the population of the old civil parish in 1891 was 10,943, and of the municipal borough 9,648, including officers and inmates of the Workhouse and the District Hospital, and in 1901 it was 9,838. The population of the ecclesiastical parishes in 1891 was:-St. John the Baptist (parish church), 6,580; Holy Trinity, Hendford, 4,343; All Saints, Yeovil Marsh, 321.
Most Common Surnames in Yeovil
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Stone Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hann | 106 | 1:90 | 33.02% | 277 |
| 2 | Brown | 95 | 1:101 | 4.09% | 9 |
| 3 | Cox | 75 | 1:128 | 3.18% | 8 |
| 3 | Abbott | 75 | 1:128 | 21.31% | 243 |
| 5 | White | 72 | 1:133 | 2.48% | 3 |
| 6 | Ricketts | 69 | 1:139 | 33.17% | 442 |
| 7 | Raymond | 68 | 1:141 | 31.78% | 426 |
| 8 | Smith | 64 | 1:150 | 1.47% | 1 |
| 9 | Harris | 63 | 1:152 | 2.99% | 12 |
| 10 | Hawkins | 58 | 1:165 | 4.42% | 31 |
| 11 | Bartlett | 55 | 1:174 | 5.37% | 55 |
| 12 | Adams | 54 | 1:178 | 4.11% | 30 |
| 13 | Hallett | 52 | 1:184 | 8.68% | 118 |
| 13 | Dodge | 52 | 1:184 | 22.91% | 400 |
| 15 | Cooper | 51 | 1:188 | 7.03% | 87 |
| 15 | Allen | 51 | 1:188 | 4.03% | 34 |
| 17 | Tucker | 50 | 1:192 | 2.65% | 13 |
| 17 | Garrett | 50 | 1:192 | 14.84% | 260 |
| 17 | Ostler | 50 | 1:192 | 46.73% | 848 |
| 20 | Martin | 48 | 1:200 | 3.53% | 28 |
| 21 | Harrison | 47 | 1:204 | 13.86% | 258 |
| 21 | Brooks | 47 | 1:204 | 5.10% | 64 |
| 23 | Hayward | 46 | 1:208 | 9.18% | 160 |
| 24 | Little | 45 | 1:213 | 22.06% | 451 |
| 25 | Baker | 43 | 1:223 | 1.24% | 2 |
| 26 | Cook | 42 | 1:228 | 2.98% | 24 |
| 26 | Perry | 42 | 1:228 | 2.78% | 19 |
| 28 | Hill | 39 | 1:246 | 1.54% | 6 |
| 28 | Bishop | 39 | 1:246 | 3.10% | 35 |
| 28 | Jesty | 39 | 1:246 | 90.70% | 1,805 |
| 31 | Edwards | 38 | 1:252 | 2.57% | 21 |
| 31 | Penny | 38 | 1:252 | 6.65% | 126 |
| 33 | Phillips | 37 | 1:259 | 3.50% | 50 |
| 33 | Collins | 37 | 1:259 | 3.85% | 59 |
| 33 | Lucas | 37 | 1:259 | 10.95% | 259 |
| 36 | Arnold | 35 | 1:274 | 15.56% | 405 |
| 36 | Beare | 35 | 1:274 | 97.22% | 2,049 |
| 38 | Davis | 34 | 1:282 | 1.34% | 5 |
| 38 | King | 34 | 1:282 | 2.44% | 25 |
| 38 | Palmer | 34 | 1:282 | 2.03% | 15 |
| 38 | Chant | 34 | 1:282 | 8.63% | 209 |
| 42 | Parker | 33 | 1:290 | 2.75% | 36 |
| 42 | Robins | 33 | 1:290 | 17.46% | 483 |
| 42 | Guppy | 33 | 1:290 | 15.79% | 438 |
| 45 | Watts | 32 | 1:300 | 2.40% | 29 |
| 46 | Taylor | 31 | 1:309 | 1.26% | 7 |
| 46 | Curtis | 31 | 1:309 | 5.17% | 117 |
| 46 | Slade | 31 | 1:309 | 4.38% | 96 |
| 46 | Hilborne | 31 | 1:309 | 29.52% | 870 |
| 50 | Thorne | 30 | 1:320 | 3.31% | 67 |
| 50 | Seymour | 30 | 1:320 | 10.07% | 298 |
| 52 | Dunn | 29 | 1:331 | 9.12% | 280 |
| 52 | Glover | 29 | 1:331 | 17.79% | 559 |
| 52 | Hooper | 29 | 1:331 | 2.53% | 40 |
| 52 | Giles | 29 | 1:331 | 5.66% | 150 |
| 52 | Hyde | 29 | 1:331 | 20.00% | 623 |
| 52 | Conway | 29 | 1:331 | 46.77% | 1,363 |
| 58 | Day | 28 | 1:342 | 2.40% | 37 |
| 58 | Stone | 28 | 1:342 | 1.87% | 20 |
| 58 | Warren | 28 | 1:342 | 3.60% | 77 |
| 58 | Blake | 28 | 1:342 | 7.53% | 229 |
| 58 | Clements | 28 | 1:342 | 11.11% | 357 |
| 58 | Whitby | 28 | 1:342 | 62.22% | 1,753 |
| 64 | Andrews | 27 | 1:355 | 2.98% | 66 |
| 64 | Bond | 27 | 1:355 | 2.91% | 61 |
| 64 | Symes | 27 | 1:355 | 8.18% | 266 |
| 67 | Lewis | 26 | 1:369 | 1.72% | 18 |
| 67 | Pike | 26 | 1:369 | 3.76% | 99 |
| 67 | Barge | 26 | 1:369 | 74.29% | 2,081 |
| 70 | Parsons | 25 | 1:383 | 1.19% | 11 |
| 70 | Hodges | 25 | 1:383 | 3.50% | 92 |
| 70 | Masters | 25 | 1:383 | 4.62% | 135 |
| 70 | Stagg | 25 | 1:383 | 9.54% | 340 |
| 70 | Purchase | 25 | 1:383 | 13.74% | 499 |
| 75 | Young | 24 | 1:399 | 1.76% | 27 |
| 75 | Newman | 24 | 1:399 | 4.75% | 157 |
| 75 | Norris | 24 | 1:399 | 3.63% | 103 |
| 75 | Vincent | 24 | 1:399 | 4.09% | 121 |
| 75 | Moores | 24 | 1:399 | 61.54% | 1,932 |
| 75 | Maidment | 24 | 1:399 | 11.59% | 444 |
| 75 | Jeans | 24 | 1:399 | 21.24% | 804 |
| 75 | Hamblen | 24 | 1:399 | 68.57% | 2,081 |
| 83 | Johnson | 23 | 1:417 | 5.90% | 213 |
| 83 | Moore | 23 | 1:417 | 2.66% | 68 |
| 83 | Coles | 23 | 1:417 | 1.32% | 14 |
| 83 | Wills | 23 | 1:417 | 3.75% | 113 |
| 83 | Hitchcock | 23 | 1:417 | 8.71% | 335 |
| 83 | Hambridge | 23 | 1:417 | 76.67% | 2,313 |
| 89 | Gill | 22 | 1:436 | 5.53% | 206 |
| 89 | Hutchings | 22 | 1:436 | 2.92% | 84 |
| 89 | Hoskins | 22 | 1:436 | 9.73% | 403 |
| 89 | Gear | 22 | 1:436 | 22.00% | 918 |
| 89 | Winsor | 22 | 1:436 | 22.00% | 918 |
| 89 | Wellman | 22 | 1:436 | 46.81% | 1,681 |
| 89 | Inkpen | 22 | 1:436 | 81.48% | 2,481 |
| 96 | Marsh | 21 | 1:456 | 2.68% | 74 |
| 96 | Norman | 21 | 1:456 | 2.95% | 95 |
| 98 | Hull | 20 | 1:479 | 10.58% | 483 |
| 98 | Rendall | 20 | 1:479 | 10.53% | 479 |
| 98 | Fudge | 20 | 1:479 | 11.83% | 534 |
| 101 | Miller | 19 | 1:504 | 3.85% | 163 |
| 101 | Knight | 19 | 1:504 | 1.67% | 41 |
| 101 | Rose | 19 | 1:504 | 4.67% | 201 |
| 101 | Burt | 19 | 1:504 | 4.67% | 201 |
| 101 | Appleby | 19 | 1:504 | 20.43% | 975 |
| 101 | Langdon | 19 | 1:504 | 3.58% | 140 |
| 101 | Dade | 19 | 1:504 | 37.25% | 1,568 |
| 101 | Sweatman | 19 | 1:504 | 90.48% | 2,915 |
| 101 | Helliar | 19 | 1:504 | 25.68% | 1,199 |
| 110 | Hunt | 18 | 1:533 | 1.26% | 23 |
| 110 | Read | 18 | 1:533 | 3.55% | 153 |
| 110 | Sutton | 18 | 1:533 | 5.41% | 263 |
| 110 | Cottle | 18 | 1:533 | 4.29% | 196 |
| 110 | Gillham | 18 | 1:533 | 66.67% | 2,481 |
| 110 | Clothier | 18 | 1:533 | 7.29% | 365 |
| 110 | Ewens | 18 | 1:533 | 40.00% | 1,753 |
| 110 | Priddle | 18 | 1:533 | 7.79% | 390 |
| 110 | Thring | 18 | 1:533 | 47.37% | 1,965 |
| 110 | Baulch | 18 | 1:533 | 27.69% | 1,315 |
| 110 | Galliott | 18 | 1:533 | 100.00% | 3,173 |
| 121 | Denman | 17 | 1:564 | 12.14% | 657 |
| 121 | Rodber | 17 | 1:564 | 36.96% | 1,716 |
| 123 | Wood | 16 | 1:599 | 2.04% | 75 |
| 123 | Clarke | 16 | 1:599 | 1.52% | 52 |
| 123 | Stephens | 16 | 1:599 | 3.18% | 159 |
| 123 | Jennings | 16 | 1:599 | 3.11% | 146 |
| 123 | Hicks | 16 | 1:599 | 4.86% | 269 |
| 123 | Brook | 16 | 1:599 | 11.19% | 638 |
| 123 | Hobbs | 16 | 1:599 | 2.14% | 85 |
| 123 | Hoare | 16 | 1:599 | 6.30% | 355 |
| 123 | English | 16 | 1:599 | 24.62% | 1,315 |
| 123 | Robbins | 16 | 1:599 | 3.75% | 190 |
| 123 | Seager | 16 | 1:599 | 18.82% | 1,064 |
| 123 | Bicknell | 16 | 1:599 | 14.16% | 804 |
| 123 | Rake | 16 | 1:599 | 53.33% | 2,313 |
| 123 | Sartin | 16 | 1:599 | 53.33% | 2,313 |
| 123 | Higdon | 16 | 1:599 | 26.23% | 1,376 |
| 138 | Morris | 15 | 1:639 | 2.15% | 98 |
| 138 | Fox | 15 | 1:639 | 3.55% | 192 |
| 138 | Woods | 15 | 1:639 | 10.42% | 630 |
| 138 | Skinner | 15 | 1:639 | 6.17% | 371 |
| 138 | Coleman | 15 | 1:639 | 3.94% | 219 |
| 138 | Pollard | 15 | 1:639 | 6.55% | 396 |
| 138 | Gale | 15 | 1:639 | 4.92% | 295 |
| 138 | Mead | 15 | 1:639 | 3.48% | 188 |
| 138 | Sibley | 15 | 1:639 | 6.79% | 413 |
| 138 | Patten | 15 | 1:639 | 7.01% | 426 |
| 138 | Warr | 15 | 1:639 | 15.63% | 953 |
| 138 | Seward | 15 | 1:639 | 11.72% | 711 |
| 138 | Bridle | 15 | 1:639 | 18.99% | 1,142 |
| 138 | Gawler | 15 | 1:639 | 25.86% | 1,434 |
| 152 | Hopkins | 14 | 1:685 | 3.32% | 192 |
| 152 | Gibbs | 14 | 1:685 | 1.71% | 72 |
| 152 | Dyer | 14 | 1:685 | 1.38% | 56 |
| 152 | Summers | 14 | 1:685 | 4.67% | 297 |
| 152 | Grey | 14 | 1:685 | 9.59% | 621 |
| 152 | Crocker | 14 | 1:685 | 3.09% | 175 |
| 152 | Mooney | 14 | 1:685 | 93.33% | 3,536 |
| 152 | Flower | 14 | 1:685 | 2.72% | 146 |
| 152 | Sweet | 14 | 1:685 | 2.36% | 120 |
| 152 | Pitman | 14 | 1:685 | 1.79% | 75 |
| 152 | Eason | 14 | 1:685 | 10.69% | 697 |
| 152 | Hellier | 14 | 1:685 | 8.00% | 516 |
| 152 | Brake | 14 | 1:685 | 5.79% | 376 |
| 152 | Marden | 14 | 1:685 | 53.85% | 2,545 |
| 152 | Creese | 14 | 1:685 | 17.50% | 1,126 |
| 152 | Chaffey | 14 | 1:685 | 16.28% | 1,057 |
| 152 | Chainey | 14 | 1:685 | 100.00% | 3,674 |
| 169 | Ford | 13 | 1:737 | 1.13% | 39 |
| 169 | Barber | 13 | 1:737 | 3.13% | 198 |
| 169 | Rowe | 13 | 1:737 | 3.39% | 215 |
| 169 | Higgins | 13 | 1:737 | 2.58% | 158 |
| 169 | Gould | 13 | 1:737 | 1.39% | 60 |
| 169 | Hodge | 13 | 1:737 | 4.56% | 308 |
| 169 | Stacey | 13 | 1:737 | 2.71% | 167 |
| 169 | Cousins | 13 | 1:737 | 6.44% | 455 |
| 169 | Walter | 13 | 1:737 | 5.14% | 356 |
| 169 | Chaplin | 13 | 1:737 | 11.11% | 781 |
| 169 | Crouch | 13 | 1:737 | 17.57% | 1,199 |
| 169 | Jenner | 13 | 1:737 | 28.89% | 1,753 |
| 169 | Stroud | 13 | 1:737 | 13.13% | 927 |
| 169 | Foot | 13 | 1:737 | 5.10% | 354 |
| 169 | Batten | 13 | 1:737 | 4.85% | 331 |
| 169 | Ring | 13 | 1:737 | 18.06% | 1,227 |
| 169 | Selway | 13 | 1:737 | 5.06% | 349 |
| 169 | Fooks | 13 | 1:737 | 22.03% | 1,416 |
| 169 | Humber | 13 | 1:737 | 36.11% | 2,049 |
| 169 | Hillard | 13 | 1:737 | 7.88% | 548 |
| 169 | Stoodley | 13 | 1:737 | 10.00% | 703 |
| 169 | Sugg | 13 | 1:737 | 18.06% | 1,227 |
| 169 | Peaty | 13 | 1:737 | 54.17% | 2,687 |
| 169 | Clinker | 13 | 1:737 | 100.00% | 3,842 |
| 193 | Clark | 12 | 1:799 | 0.74% | 16 |
| 193 | Lane | 12 | 1:799 | 1.87% | 106 |
| 193 | Barrett | 12 | 1:799 | 3.65% | 269 |
| 193 | Fowler | 12 | 1:799 | 2.75% | 184 |
| 193 | Griffin | 12 | 1:799 | 2.45% | 164 |
| 193 | Leach | 12 | 1:799 | 7.79% | 591 |
| 193 | Pope | 12 | 1:799 | 1.94% | 112 |
| 193 | Childs | 12 | 1:799 | 15.00% | 1,126 |
| 193 | Lodge | 12 | 1:799 | 11.65% | 890 |
| 193 | Gay | 12 | 1:799 | 4.14% | 305 |
| 193 | Tompkins | 12 | 1:799 | 48.00% | 2,616 |
| 193 | Reader | 12 | 1:799 | 48.00% | 2,616 |
| 193 | Leaver | 12 | 1:799 | 22.64% | 1,514 |
| 193 | Hewlett | 12 | 1:799 | 5.66% | 431 |
| 193 | Card | 12 | 1:799 | 9.60% | 734 |
| 193 | Rowsell | 12 | 1:799 | 4.11% | 301 |
| 193 | Brockway | 12 | 1:799 | 35.29% | 2,119 |
| 193 | Warry | 12 | 1:799 | 9.30% | 707 |
| 193 | Pittard | 12 | 1:799 | 11.54% | 881 |
| 193 | Wines | 12 | 1:799 | 10.53% | 798 |
| 193 | Evis | 12 | 1:799 | 46.15% | 2,545 |