Handley Dorset Family History Guide
Handley is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Dorset, created in 1844 from Iwerne Minster Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Gussage St Andrew, Woodcots, Newton, Minchinton, Minchington, Woodcutts, Gussage, Denland, Deanlane, and Dean.
Alternative names: Sixpenny Handley, Sixpenny Hadley
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
Handley
- Parish registers: 1767
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731
Gussage St Andrew
- Parish registers: 1785
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1766
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
- West Woodyates
- Bower Chalke, Wiltshire
- Long Crichel
- Tollard Royal
- Tarrant Hinton
- Gussage All Saints
- Ebbesbourne Wake, Wiltshire
- Berwick St John, Wiltshire
- Wimborne St Giles
- Farnham
- Gussage St Michael
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
HANDLEY, a village and a parish in Wimborne district, Dorset. The village stands near the boundary with Wilts, 5 miles NW of Cranborne, and 10 NE of Blandford r. station; was once a market town; and has a post-office, under Salisbury.
The parish includes also the villages of Newton and Deanlane; contains the tythings of Gussage, Minchington, and Woodcutts; and is sometimes called Sixpenny-Handley. Acres, 5, 928. Real property, £6, 531. Pop., 1, 203. Houses, 264. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Rivers.
The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Gussage-St. Andrew, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £63. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Windsor. The church is ancient, in tolerable condition; and has an embattled tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and a national school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Marriages Out of Parish
| Details | Place of Marriage |
|---|---|
| William Bundy, of Handly, co. Dorset, & Lucy Trimby, of M. 19 May 1752 | Mere Wiltshire |
Marriage Allegations
The following people have been recorded in the Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837.
KNIGHT, Charles, of Handley, co. Dorset, gent., 21, & Ann-Hilberd Brewer, of Nether Wallop, 21, sp., at N. W., 23 Aug., 1826. Aff.
LAWRENCE, William, of Handley, co. Dorset, 21, b., & Mary Burt, of Christchurch, 21, sp., at C., 23 Dec., 1829. Aff.
LUCAS, William, of Berwick St. John, co. Wilts, yeoman, & Elizabeth Ware, of Sixpenny Henly [ sic ], co. Dorset, w., 9 March, 1721-2.
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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.
HANDLEY
Robert Gibbons, vicar
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: Wimborne
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Shaftesbury
- Poor Law Union: Wimborne and Cranborne
- Hundred: Sixpenny Hadley
- Province: Canterbury