Toller Fratrum, Dorset Family History Guide
Toller Fratrum is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset. Wynford Eagle is a chapelry of Toller Fratrum.
Other places in the parish include: Frogmoor and Frogmore.
Alternative names: Little Toller
Parish church: St. Basil
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731
Nonconformists include:
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
TOLLER-FRATRUM, a parish, with Frogmore hamlet, in Dorchester district, Dorset; on the Bridport railway, 1½ mile W by S of Maiden-Newton. Post town, Maiden-Newton, under Dorchester. Acres, 500. Real property, £812. Pop., 45. Houses, 7. The manor belonged to the Knights of St. John. The living is a vicarage, united with Winford-Eagle, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £161. Patron, G. S. Kirk, Esq.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
TOLLER-FRATRUM (St. Basil), a parish, in the union of Dorchester, hundred of Tollerford, Dorchester division of Dorset, 9 miles (N. W. by W.) from Dorchester; containing 67 inhabitants.
The parish belonged to the brethren of the order of St. John of Jerusalem, whence it derived its distinguishing appellation Fratrum.
The living is a discharged vicarage, with the living of Winford-Eagle annexed, valued in the king’s books at £10. 6.; net income, £161; patron, J. Fleming, Esq. Near the road to Maiden-Newton are traces of an ancient intrenchment, upon an eminence called White Sheet: on Farn down, a barrow was opened many years since, which contained seventeen urns, full of firm bones and black ashes.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Records
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Census
Census returns for Toller Fratrum, 1841-1891
Church Records
Marriage transcripts, 1560-1715 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Winford-Eagle (Dorsetshire)
Poorhouses & Poor Law
Overseers of the poor account books, 1732-1948 Author: Toller-Fratrum (Dorset)
Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Dorchester
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Dorchester
- Poor Law Union: Dorchester
- Hundred: Tollerford
- Province: Canterbury