Affpuddle, Dorset Family History Guide
AFFPUDDLE (or Affpiddle), formerly called Aspundell, is a parish on the river Trent, or Piddle, in the Wareham petty sessional division and county court district, hundred of Hundredsbarrow, union of Wareham and Purbeck, diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset and rural deanery of Whitchurch first portion, 3¾ miles north from the Moreton station on the South Western railway, 8 east by north from Dorchester, and 10 north west from Wareham.
Other places in the parish include: Bryants Puddle, Bryantspuddle, Pallington, and Briantspuddle.
Alternative names: Aff Puddle, Affpiddle
Parish church: St Laurence
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1728
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1734
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
AFF-PUDDLE, a parish in Wareham district, Dorset; on the river Piddle, 4 miles N of Moreton r. station and 8 ENE of Dorchester.
It contains the hamlet of Pallington and the tything of Bryants-Puddle. Post Town, Piddletown under Dorchester. Acres, 3,818. Real pro perty, £2,928. Pop., 455. Houses, 97. The manor belonged anciently to Cerne Abbey. The property is divided.
The living is a vicarage, annexed to the rectory of Turners-Puddle, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church is ancient but good. Charities, £5.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
AFF PIDDLE or PUDDLE, a parish, in the union of Wareham and Purbeck, hundred of Hundred’s Barrow, Wareham division of Dorset, 9 miles (E. by N.) from Dorchester; containing, with Bryant’s-Puddle tything, and the hamlet of Pallington, 507 inhabitants.
The parish comprises 3541 acres, whereof 1130 are common or waste. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £8. 14. 9.; patron and impropriator, J. Frampton, Esq. The great tithes have been commuted for £354, and the vicarial for £46. 10.; the glebe consists of 1½ acre. The pulpit in the church bears date 1540, and is beautifully ornamented with carvings.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Registers
The following transcriptions are available on the Dorset OPC pages:
Parish Registers
Bishops Transcripts
Parish Records
The following transcriptions are available on the Dorset OPC pages:
- Affpuddle Monumental Inscriptions Index
- Index Affpuddle Wills
- Affpuddle War Memorial
- The Will of Nicholas Bereman 1637
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Census
Census returns for Aff-Puddle, 1841-1891
Church Records
History
Affpuddle in the county of Dorset A.D. 987-1953 Author: Brocklebank, Joan
Poorhouses & Poor Law
Directories
Kelly’s Directory of Dorsetshire 1880
AFFPUDDLE (or Affpiddle), formerly called Aspundell, is a parish on the river Trent, or Piddle, in the Wareham petty sessional division and county court district, hundred of Hundredsbarrow, union of Wareham and Purbeck, diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset and rural deanery of Whitchurch first portion, 3¾ miles north from the Moreton station on the South Western railway, 8 east by north from Dorchester, and 10 north west from Wareham.
The hamlets and farms in this parish which is interested by the Piddle – are PALLINGTON hamlet, BRYANTS PIDDLE tithing, OAKERS WOOD, ROGERS HILL, THROOP and WADDOCK
Parish Clerk, Thomas Legg
A school was built at the cost of H Frampton esq in 1870 for the children of Toner’s Puddle & those of this parish; it is supported by voluntary subscriptions, aided by Government grant; Miss Eleanor James, mistress
CARRIER TO DORCHESTER – James Joiner, from Toner’s Puddle, passes through every saturday
Williams Freeman Rev Henry MA vicar
COMMERCIAL
Bennett John, farmer, Pallington
Besent William, farmer, Rogers
Cox Ann Mrs miller
Fooks Jhn blacksmith Bryant’s puddle
Jackson William farmer
Jackson Wm Pitt, farmer, Throop farm
Jeffery Robt shoe ma Bryant’s puddle
Mitchell George, farmer, East farm Bryant’s puddle
Norton William Brooks, farmer, Waddock farm
Pope George, carpenter & beer retailer
Scutt Elizabeth Mrs shopkeeper Bryant’s puddle
Scutt Elizabeth Miss shopkeeper
Scutt Robert shoe maker
Spicer Henry farmer
Source: Kelly’s directory of Hampshire, Dorsetshire, Wiltshire (the Isle of Wight, and the Channel Islands).
By Kelly’s directories, ltd · 1880
An Address from the County of Dorset on the Elementary Education Bill, May 9 1870
To the Right Honourable The EARL de GREY and RIPON President of Her Majesty’s Privy Council and To the Right Honourable W. E. FORSTER MP Vice President
We the undersigned Clergy and Laity of the Archdeaconry and County of Dorset, accepting the principle of the Elementary Education Bill now before Parliament, by which in existing Schools perfect liberty of Religious Teaching is guaranteed to the Managers, together with perfect liberty of withdrawal from such Teaching to the Parents of the Children, do earnestly deprecate any Alteration in the Bill which may affect such principle.
At the same time we are prepared to concede, if necessary, the substitution for the so-called Conscience Clause, of an Enactment which shall confine the Teaching of the Formularies of any Denomination to the first part of the School Hours.
AFFPUDDLE
H.P. Williams Freeman, M.A. vicar
James Branston, churchwarden
William Hooper, church warden of Tonerspuddle
William Jackson, church warden of Tonerspuddle
William Jackson, church warden of Affpuddle
Source: An Address from the County of Dorset on the Elementary Education Bill, May 9 1870 by Dorset. Published by H. Spicer, Dorset County Chronicle Office, 1870.
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Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Wareham
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Whitchurch
- Poor Law Union: Wareham and Purbeck
- Hundred: Hundredsbarrow
- Province: Canterbury