A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes). Originally published by Victoria County History, London, 1992.
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'Stringston: Nonconformity', in A History of the County of Somerset: Volume 6, Andersfield, Cannington, and North Petherton Hundreds (Bridgwater and Neighbouring Parishes), (London, 1992) pp. 177. British History Online https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/som/vol6/p177 [accessed 19 April 2024]
NONCONFORMITY.
In 1669 there was a conventicle under Thomas Safford. (fn. 1) A house was licensed for Methodists in 1754 (fn. 2) and another, called Shutt's, for Independents in 1786. (fn. 3) The last was replaced by a chapel, apparently converted from a cottage, in 1801. (fn. 4) The chapel was probably still in use in 1865 but had become a dwelling by 1886. (fn. 5)