Allington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Swithin
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1570
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1732
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
- Bridport
- Symondsbury with Eype and Broadoak
- Loders
- Bradpole
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
ALLINGTON (St. Swithin), a parish, in the union of Bridport, hundred of Godderthorne, Bridport division of Dorset, ¾ of a mile (N. W.) from Bridport; containing 1545 inhabitants. This parish, formerly a chapelry in that of Bridport, comprises 582a. 3r. 5p., of which 281 acres are arable, 249 pasture, and 51 homesteads. The river Brid, or Birt, runs through the locality, which may be considered as a continuation of the town of Bridport, and is within the limits of the borough. Great quantities of hemp and flax are raised in the vicinity, and a manufacture of home and sail cloth is carried on, affording employment to a considerable number of persons. A fair for cheese and pedlery is held on the first Wednesday in August. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Rev. Henry Fox: the tithes have been commuted for £190. The church is in the Grecian style; it was erected in 1827, and contains 800 sittings, of which 400 are free. An hospital for lepers, dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, existed here, which, at the Dissolution in 1553, was valued at £7. 8. 4. An ancestor of the celebrated John Wesley was ejected from the ministry of Allington as a nonjuror.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Cemeteries
Census
Census returns for Allington, 1841-1891
Church Records
Land and property
Overseers records, 1698-1864 Author: Allington (Dorset)
Occupations
Overseers records, 1698-1864 Author: Allington (Dorset)
Poorhouses & Poor Law
Overseers records, 1698-1864 Author: Allington (Dorset)
Schools
School records for Allington, 1834-1951 Author: Allington National School (Allington, Dorsetshire)
Taxation
Overseers records, 1698-1864 Author: Allington (Dorset)
Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Bridport
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Bridport
- Poor Law Union: Bridport
- Hundred: Bridport Borough; Godderthorne
- Province: Canterbury