Compton Valence is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
Alternative names: Compton Vallence, East Compton
Parish church: St. Thomas à Becket
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1655
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1732
Nonconformists include:
Adjacent Parishes
- Maiden Newton
- Litton Cheney
- Winterbourne Abbas
- Frampton
- Long Bredy
- Kingston Russell
- Compton Abbas West
- Wynford Eagle
Parish History
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
COMPTON-VALLENCE (St. Thomas à Becket), a parish, in the union of Dorchester, liberty of Frampton, Dorchester division of Dorset, 7¼ miles (W. N. W.) from Dorchester; containing 116 inhabitants. The parish comprises by computation 1500 acres: the village, which is situated on the banks of a small stream, appears to have been formerly more extensive than it is at present. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £12. 5. 2½., and in the gift of Robert Williams, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £237, and the glebe comprises 100 acres. The church, rebuilt in 1839, at the cost of the patron, is a handsome edifice in the later English style, with a square embattled tower; the windows are embellished with stained glass. The rectory-house has been rebuilt in a corresponding style.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Census
Census returns for Compton-Vallence, 1841-1891
Church Records
Land and property
Poor rates, 1844-1872 Author: Compton-Vallence (Dorset)
Poorhouses & Poor Law
Poor rates, 1844-1872 Author: Compton-Vallence (Dorset)
Public records
Poor rates, 1844-1872 Author: Compton-Vallence (Dorset)
Taxation
Poor rates, 1844-1872 Author: Compton-Vallence (Dorset)
Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Dorchester
- Probate Court: Court of the Manor and Liberty of Frampton
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Dorchester
- Poor Law Union: Dorchester
- Hundred: Frampton Liberty
- Province: Canterbury