Godmanstone Dorset Family History Guide

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Godmanstone is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

Alternative names: Godmanston

Parish church: Holy Trinity

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1654
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731

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Adjacent Parishes

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Godmanstone Parish Registers

Marriages at Godmanstone 1654 to 1812 Dorset Parish Registers: Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., and Edmund Nevill, B.A., F.S.A. Vol 6. 1912. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

GODMANSTONE, a village and a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset. The village stands on the river Cerne, 2½ miles NE of Grimstone and Frampton r. station, and 2½ S by E of Cerne-Abbas; and has a post-office under Dorchester. The parish comprises 1,154 acres. Real property, with Nether Cerne, £2,204. Pop., 175. Houses, 41. The property is mostly in one estate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £250. Patron, the Rev. F. A. Baker. The church is partly Norman, chiefly perpendicular, with a tower; and was recently repaired.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

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A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

GODMANSTONE (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Cerne, hundred of Cerne, Totcombe, and Modbury, Cerne division of Dorset, 5 miles (N. N. W.) from Dorchester; containing 153 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £13. 6. 8., and in the gift of the family of Goodenough: the tithes have been commuted for £240, and the glebe comprises 24½ acres. In 1836 an inclosure act was passed.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

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: Cerne, Totcombe and Modbury
  • Province: Canterbury