Frampton Dorset Family History Guide
Frampton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
Other places in the parish include: Mageston and Southover.
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Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1627
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731
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Adjacent Parishes
- Maiden Newton
- Winterbourne Abbas
- Winterbourne Steepleton
- Stratton
- Sydling St Nicholas
- Compton Valence
- Bradford Peverell
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
FRAMPTON, a village, a parish, and a liberty in Dorset. The village stands on the river Froom, near the Dorchester and Yeovil railway, 5½ miles NW by W of Dorchester; was known at Domesday as Frantone; was once a market-town; and has a fine bridge over the Froom, a post office under Dorchester, a railway station jointly with Grimstone, and fairs on 4 March, 7 Ang., and 4 Sept.
The parish contains also the hamlets of Mageston and Southover; and is in the district of Dorchester. Acres, 3, 508. Real property, £4, 177. Pop., 435. Houses, 85. The property is divided among a few. Frampton Court is the seat of the Sheridans. A priory of black monks, a cell to the abbey of St. Stephen at Caen in Normandy, stood on the site of Frampton Court, and was given to the Haltons. The parish is a resort of sportsmen.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £120. Patron, R. B. Sheridan, Esq. The church was built in the time of Edward IV.; has an ancient stone pulpit; and is good. Charities, £32.
The liberty contains five parishes, and part of another; and is partly in Dorchester division, partly in Bridport division. Acres, 7, 751 and 3, 347. Pop., 897 and 1, 061. Houses, 175 and 208.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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An Address from the County of Dorset on the Elementary Education Bill, May 9 1870
To the Right Honourable The EARL de GREY and RIPON President of Her Majesty’s Privy Council and To the Right Honourable W. E. FORSTER MP Vice President
We the undersigned Clergy and Laity of the Archdeaconry and County of Dorset, accepting the principle of the Elementary Education Bill now before Parliament, by which in existing Schools perfect liberty of Religious Teaching is guaranteed to the Managers, together with perfect liberty of withdrawal from such Teaching to the Parents of the Children, do earnestly deprecate any Alteration in the Bill which may affect such principle.
At the same time we are prepared to concede, if necessary, the substitution for the so-called Conscience Clause, of an Enactment which shall confine the Teaching of the Formularies of any Denomination to the first part of the School Hours.
FRAMPTON
R.B. Sheridan, J.P. Frampton Court
Richard Tudor, vicar
Thomas Cox, churchwarden, Hyde
William Johnson, farmer
William Brewis, gardener
James Champion, builder
J. Dowdeswell, agent
G. Fox, builder
Charles White, schoolmaster
William Watts, farmer
William Groves, Magiston
Source: An Address from the County of Dorset on the Elementary Education Bill, May 9 1870 by Dorset. Published by H. Spicer, Dorset County Chronicle Office, 1870.
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