I took the road for the village of Beckington. This is a most interesting place for many reasons. The church, which is dedicated to St. Gregory, was originally Norman, as the work in the tower manifestly shows, but was in the days of Perpendicular architecture considerably enlarged, and the church is in fact a Perpendicular one.
Beckington, Somerset, 1894
December 23, 2008 at 4:00 am (History, Location)
Tags: Beckington, Somerset
Thomas De Beckyngton (1390-1465)
March 29, 2008 at 4:00 am (Biography, Genealogy)
Tags: Beckington, Beckyngton
Thomas De Beckyngton was Bishop of Bath and Wells from 1443 to 1465. This short biography was first published in Myths, Scenes & Worthies of Somerset By Charlotte Gilson Allen Boger in 1887
The Case of Mary Hill of Beckington
January 10, 2008 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Beckington, Brewer, Coombes, Currier, Frome, Hill, Jesse, Moore
Published in 1896 by John Ashton in his book The Devil in Britain and America, this acount of The Case of Mary Hill of Beckington was originally recorded by May Hill, the Minister of Beckington in 1691.
Beckington Auction 1812
November 27, 2007 at 6:42 am (Genealogy, Location)
Tags: Beckington, Carter, Fear, Harding, Humphrys, Joyce, Kemp, Naish, South, Tanner
The following announcement regarding the sale by auction of several properties in Beckington appeared on Monday, August 24th, 1812 in the Salisbury & Winchester Journal.
The Beckington Fire of 1782
November 23, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy, Location)
Tags: Beckington, Somerset
The following account of the fire at Beckington on Sunday, November 3, 1782 was published on Monday, December 2, 1782 in the Salisbury & Winchester Journal.
The Beckington Churchwardens
November 13, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Beckington, Fry, Wheller
The following article was published by Professor A. H.Sayce in the August 1898 edition of The Contemporary Review and expands on a prvious article. “On some Excommunications and Public Penances in Somerset in the time of Archbishop Laud”, published by Mr. E. Green in the “Proceedings” of the Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club for 1875.
Beckington’s New School Room
November 7, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy, Location)
Tags: Beckington, Hinton, Manning, Middleditch
In 1848 the village of Beckington, near Frome in Somerset obtained a new school room attached to the chapel. This is how the opening was reported in the February 1849 edition of The Church.
Frome Research Group on Yahoo!
August 8, 2007 at 9:18 am (Genealogy, Location)
Tags: Beckington, Berkley, Buckland Dinham, Cloford, East Cranmore, Elm, Frome Selwood, Laverton, Leigh upon Mendip, Lullington, Marston Bigot, Mells, Nunney, Orchardleigh, Rodden, Rode, Standerwick, Wanstrow, Whatley, Witham Friary, Woolverton
If you are researching your family in the Frome area of Somerset, England I would highly reccomend that you join the Frome Research Group at Yahoo!
Beckington Village Life
July 24, 2007 at 6:25 am (Location)
Tags: Beckington
I found this 4 minute video of of the village of Beckington near Frome in Somerset posted on youtube by Miles Woolgar. Several family members lived here in the 19th century, Including Alfred Whitaker.
