Winterbourne Came Dorset Family History Guide

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Winterbourne Came is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

Other places in the parish include: Herringston, Winterborne Herringston, Winterborne Herringstone, and Cripton.

Alternative names: Winterbourne Farringdon, Winterborne Farringdon, Winterborne Faringdon, Winterborne Came, Came

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1696
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1732

Nonconformists include: Presbyterian 

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WINTERBORNE-CAME, a parish, with Cripton hamlet, in Dorchester district, Dorset; 1½ mile SE of Dorchester r. station. Post town, Dorchester. Acres, 1,970. Real property, £1,996. Pop., 125. Houses, 24. The property is all in one estate. A nunnery cell to Caen, in Normandy, was here. The living is a rectory, united with W.-Faringdon, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, 251. Patron, Capt. L. S. D. Damer. The church is good.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Dorset, Winterborne-Came – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Winterborne-Came, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Dorset, Winterborne-Came – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Winterborne-Came., 1732-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Winterborne-Came (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Winterborne-Came, 1696-1988
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Winterborne-Came (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

England, Dorset, Winterborne-Came – Nobility ( 1 )
The Damer and Dawson family, earls of Dorchester and Portarlington
Author: Parsons, A. M.

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: Culliford Tree; Frampton Liberty
  • Province: Canterbury