Buckland Newton, Dorset Family History Guide
Buckland Newton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
Other places in the parish include: Brockhampton and Knowle, Duntish, Minterne Parva, Brockhampton, Knoll, Knowle, Mintern Parva, Buckland Newton St John the Baptist, and Plush.
Alternative names: Buckland Abbas
Parish church: Holy Rood
Parish registers begin:
Buckland Newton
- Parish registers: 1568
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731
Buckland Newton St John the Baptist
- Parish registers: 1850
- Bishop’s Transcripts: None
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Primitive Methodist.
Adjacent Parishes
- Cerne Abbas
- Pulham
- Cheselbourne
- Piddletrenthide
- Alton Pancras
- Melcombe Horsey
- Mappowder
- Wootton Glanville
- Minterne Magna
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BUCKLAND-NEWTON (Holy Rood), a parish, in the union of Cerne, hundred of Buckland-Newton, Cerne division of the county of Dorset, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from Cerne; comprising the tythings of Brockhampton, Buckland, Duntish, Knowle, Mintern Parva, and Plush; and containing 914 inhabitants, of whom 310 are in the tything of Buckland. The parish is on the great road from Weymouth to Bath, and comprises by measurement 6018 acres, of which about 1241 are arable, 4085 meadow and pasture, 237 woodland, and 308 common. The substratum is chalk, in which are imbedded some few flints; and a little sandstone is found on the western confines. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £16. 19. 9½.; patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Wells; impropriators, the representatives of Leonard Pount, Esq., who have commuted their tithes for £745: the vicarial tithes have been commuted for £550; 104 acres of glebe belong to the impropriators, and 19½ to the vicar. The church is in the early and later English styles; the chancel has lancet windows: a gallery, containing 120 sittings, was built in 1821. At Plush is a chapel of ease, more ancient than the church. The Independents have a place of worship. There are some remains of a Roman camp.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Census
Census returns for Buckland-Newton, 1841-1891 Author: Great Britain. Census Office
Church Records
Genealogy
Caines family of Bookham, Buckland-Newton, 1749-1822
History
Spotlight on Buckland Newton Author: Nineham, Alan
Land and property
Caines family of Bookham, Buckland-Newton, 1749-1822
Land tax assessments for Buckland-Newton, 1780-1832
Manors - Court records
Military records - Militia
Militia papers, 1796-1813 Author: Buckland-Newton (Dorset)
Occupations
Miscellaneous civil records, 1660-1836 Author: Buckland-Newton (Dorset)
Poorhouses & Poor Law
Caines family of Bookham, Buckland-Newton, 1749-1822
Miscellaneous civil records, 1660-1836 Author: Buckland-Newton (Dorset)
Taxation
Land tax assessments for Buckland-Newton, 1780-1832
Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Dorchester
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Whitchurch
- Poor Law Union: Cerne
- Hundred: Buckland Newton
- Province: Canterbury