Batcombe, Dorset Family History Guide
Batcombe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
Other places in the parish include: Newland.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1767
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
- Leigh
- Frome St Quintin
- Hilfield
- Upcerne
- Melbury Bubb
- Sydling St Nicholas
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BATCOMBE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Cerne, hundred of Yetminster, Cerne division of Dorset, 3 miles (N. W. by W.) from Cerne-Abbas; containing 171 inhabitants. It comprises by computation 1149 acres, of which 172 are arable, 539 pasture, 28 orchard, 27 woodland, and 383 common: the soil is a deep black mould. The living is a discharged rectory, united in 1772 to that of Froome-Vauchurch, and valued in the king’s books at £9. 9. 9½.: the tithes have been commuted for £130, and there are 45 acres of glebe. The church is a handsome structure in the early English style, with a finely carved roof of oak, and a square tower; on the north side is a private aisle for sepulture, anciently belonging to the family of Minterne.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Census
Census returns for Batcombe, 1841-1891
Church Records
Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Dorchester
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Shaftesbury
- Poor Law Union: Cerne
- Hundred: Yetminster
- Province: Canterbury