Dewlish, Dorset Family History Guide

Dewlish is a chapelry of Milborne St Andrew Ancient Parish in Dorset.

Alternative names:

Parish church: All Saints

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1627
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1732

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

• Puddletown
• Milborne St Andrew
• Milton Abbas
• Cheselbourne
• Burleston
• Tolpuddle

Parish History

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

DEWLISH (All Saints), a parish, in the union of Dorchester, liberty of Dewlish, Dorchester division of Dorset, 7 miles (N. E.) from Dorchester; containing 389 inhabitants. The living is a vicarage, annexed to that of Milbourne St. Andrew: the vicarial tithes of Dewlish have been commuted for £100. The church is an ancient structure.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

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Census

Census returns for Dewlish, 1841-1891

Church Records

Bishop’s transcripts for Dewlish, 1732-1880 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Dewlish (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Dewlish, 1616-1993 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Dewlish (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

Land and property

Land tax assessments for Dewlish, 1780-1832 Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Dorset)

Taxation

Land tax assessments for Dewlish, 1780-1832 Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Dorset)

Administration

• County: Dorset
• Civil Registration District: Dorchester
• Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
• Diocese: Salisbury
• Rural Deanery: Whitchurch
• Poor Law Union: Dorchester
• Hundred: Dewlish Liberty
• Province: Canterbury