Cattistock is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
Alternative names: Cattistocke
Parish church: St. Peter and St. Paul
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
- Evershot
- Frome St Quintin
- Maiden Newton
- Rampisham
- Wraxall
- Chilfrome
- Frome Vauchurch
- Sydling St Nicholas
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
CATTISTOCKE (St. Peter and St. Paul), a parish, in the union of Cerne, hundred of Cerne, Totcombe, and Modbury, Cerne division of Dorset, 9 miles (N. W.) from Dorchester; containing 549 inhabitants. It is situated on the road from Dorchester to Yeovil, and comprises 2938a. 1r. 6p. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £13. 13. 9., and in the patronage of Mrs. Still: the tithes have been commuted for £510, and there is a glebe-house, with about 28 acres of land. On a hill in the eastern part of the parish is an ancient circular fortification of about four acres, called the Castle, surrounded by a double rampart, with entrances at the north-east and west: towards the middle of the area the ground rises into a long barrow; and near the north entrance is a round tumulus, the top of which consists of flint stones.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
FamilySearch Catalog – Free
Census
Census returns for Cattistock, 1841-1891
Church history
Cattistock Church briefs Author: Dawe, P. N.
Church Records
A registry of births, deaths, and marriages, May 2, 1839 Author: Gleal, John
Parish printout of Cattistock, Dorset, England : 1558-1883
Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Dorchester
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Bridport
- Poor Law Union: Cerne
- Hundred: Cerne, Totcombe and Modbury
- Province: Canterbury