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Hi,
Does anyone know the reg district for Pill in Somerset please?

Thanks,
Cathy

Have a look on hereon here.

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/

You might need to download the index of placenames

Thanks,

but I've already looked there and can't find it???

Cathy

Its only a small village and used to be known as Crockerne Pill

Not to be confused with Pylle, Somerset.
Pill is a village in North Somerset. It is situated on the southern bank of the Avon. Pill now includes Ham Green and is adjacent to the village of Easton-in-Gordano. Opposite Pill is the Bristol suburb of Shirehampton.

"Pill", in Anglo-Saxon, means a "creek" or "inlet" off a river or channel or a small harbour, often tidal and occasionally used as a dock.

Pill or Crockerne Pill (as it was previously named) was traditionally the residence of pilots,[1] who would guide boats up the Avon Gorge, between the Bristol Channel and the Port of Bristol. The port moved in the 20th century to Avonmouth and the Royal Portbury Dock. Pill was once home to 21 public houses and was known as being a rough place, to the extent that the founder of the Methodist Church, John Wesley, says in an entry in his journals for 3 October 1755

Yes thanks Shirley,

I found that on wikipedia and looked through the reg districts for Crockerne but the closest I could find was Crewkerne which is in the Chard district.
Maybe it's that one......

Cathy

wonder if this may help

Crockerne-Pill
CROCKERNE-PILL, a hamlet, in the parish of Easton-in-Gordano, union of Bedminster, hundred of Portbury, E. division of Somerset, 5½ miles (N. W.) from Bristol; containing 1748 inhabitants. This hamlet, which had its rise in the seventeenth century, is situated on the banks of the Avon, near the junction of that river with the Severn, and is chiefly inhabited by mariners, engaged in piloting vessels to and from Bristol, and along the Channel, under the regulations of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of Bristol.

From: 'Crewe - Croft', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 725-729. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50905 Date accessed: 20 February 2010.

BEDMINSTER REGISTRATION DISTRICT
Registration County : Somerset..
Created : 1.7.1837.
Abolished: 1.4.1899 (succeeded by Long Ashton district).>>>>>>>>>
Sub-districts : Bedminster; Long Ashton; St. George; Yatton.
GRO volumes : XI (1837-51); 5c (1852-99).

Township or Civil Parish
County
From
To
Notes

Abbots Leigh
SOM
1837
1899

Backwell
SOM
1837
1899

Barrow Gurney
SOM
1837
1899

Bedminster
SOM
1837
1896
after 1896 see South Bristol (GLS)

Bishopsworth
SOM
1898
1899
before 1898 see Bedminster

Brockley
SOM
1837
1899

Chelvey
SOM
1837
1885
after 1885 see Brockley

Clapton
SOM
1837
1899

Clevedon
SOM
1837
1899

Dundry
SOM
1837
1899

Easton-in-Gordano>>>>>>
Long Ashton>>>


Registers now divided between North Somerset and Bristol districts.

LONG ASHTON REGISTRATION DISTRICT
Registration County : Somerset.
Created : 1.4.1899 (out of Bedminster district).
Abolished : 1.4.1936 (succeeded by Weston-super-Mare and Bristol districts).
Sub-districts : Clevedon; Long Ashton; Portishead; St. George; Yatton.
GRO volumes : 5c (1899-1936).

Township or Civil Parish
County

Easton-in-Gordano>>>>>


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The easy way is to find Pill on a census.The registration district will be shown.

Thats a VERY good tip re census .Just tried it and it works!! the info i found, in a very big round about way ,agrees with the reg district found on 1901 census for Pill

Sorry Shirley and SatNav but I can't find a 1901 census for Pill?

Cathy

Cathy
on the home page use search. dont put a name in but lived in England and County Somerset. the census list will show .select 1901census then no name again but somerset lived in Pill and a list opens up starting with the surnames beginning with A
clicking on any one of the name you will get the the reg district ie.the first one on the list
Name: Clara Adam
Age: 74
Estimated birth year: abt 1827
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Pill, Somerset, England

Civil parish: Easton in Gordano and St George >>>>>>>>>>>
Ecclesiastical parish: Pill Christchurch
Town: Pill
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Long Ashton >>>>>>>>>
Sub-registration district: St George
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 152
Household Members: Name Age
Clara Adam 74



Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 2356; Folio: 45; Page: 19.

working the same way but looking at the 1891 census this one illistrates it agian
Name: Harriett Adam
Age: 74
Estimated birth year: abt 1817
Relation: Lodger
Gender: Female
Where born: Pill, Somerset, England

Civil parish: Easton in Gordano >>>>>>>>>>>
Ecclesiastical parish: Pill
Town: Pill
County/Island: Somerset
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Bedminster >>>>>>>>>
Sub-registration district: St George
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Ann Bellamy 74
Frances Richard 24
Harriett Adam 74


Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 1956; Folio 59; Page 16; GSU


became Long Ashton district in 1899!

I always look for babies as It is more likely that they are still there.
So for example
1901
born Pill 1901+/- 1
results 78
Look for the most quoted residence
William M Baker Sidney J,
Eliza abt 1900 Pill, Somerset, England Son Easton in Gordano and St George, Somerset
Top right of image
Hamlet of Pill

Thanks Sat Nav lots of ways to do it BUT it does work. !!
I have been researching now for 10 years but still learning new tricks lol

Hi, I've just come home from work so I'm going to try your tips and see if I can do it right!

Thanks a lot to you both for your help................

Cathy