Studland Dorset Family History Guide
Studland is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
Other places in the parish include: Brownsea Island, Branksea, Branksea Island, and Brownsea.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1581
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731
Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
Studland
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
STUDLAND, a parish in Wareham district, Dorset; in the NE of Purbeck Isle, on S. bay and Poole harbour, 11 miles ESE of Wareham r. station.
It includes Brownsea island; and its Post town is Swanage, under Wareham. Acres, 7,814; of which 3,010 are water. Real property, £1,794. Pop. in 1851, 445; in 1861. Houses, 114. The property is mostly in one estate. S. bay has a sheltered anchorage, in 6 fathoms, in W winds. There are brick and pottery works.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £175. Patron, Mrs. Michel. The church is Norman. Charities, £11. See Aggleston and Brownsea.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Brownsea
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BROWNSEA, or Branksea, an island and a chapelry in Studland parish, Dorset. The island lies in Poole harbour, 2 miles SSE of Poole; measures about 6 miles in circuit; and forms a romantic group of glens and hillocks, with about 100 acres recently reclaimed from the sea.
It was long used as a deer park; but has now a village, a pier, a tram road, and clay pits worked for the Staffordshire potteries. A castle on it was built, in the time of Elizabeth, for defence of the harbour; strongly fortified, in the time of Charles I., for the wars; and recently renovated and adorned, as a family residence.
The property was purchased, not many years ago, by Colonel Waugh, and underwent its improving changes at his hands; but was put up for sale in 1859.
The chapelry was constituted in 1855, and is conterminate with the island. Post Town, Poole. Pop., 123. Houses, 27. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £60. Patron, J. J. Menest, Esq. The church was built in 1854; and is in the early decorated style, of Purbeckstone, with a square embattled tower.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
Marriage Allegations
The following people have been recorded in the Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837.
AMLOD, Thomas, of Studland, co Dorset, w., & Johanna Downton, of Fordingbridge, w., at F., 16 July, 1827. Aff.
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Wareham
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Dorchester
- Poor Law Union: Wareham and Purbeck
- Hundred: Rowberrow
- Province: Canterbury