Witchampton Dorset Family History Guide
Witchampton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
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Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1656
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1733
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WITCHAMPTON, a parish and a sub-district in Wimborne district, Dorset. The parish lies 5 miles NNW of Wimborne r. station, and has a post-office under Wimborne. Acres, 148. Real property, £2,548. Pop, 588. Houses, 124.
Several cottages for work-people were recently built on the manorial estate. An old abbey cell was here, and has left some remains. There is a paper-mill.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £258. Patron, H. Sturt, Esq. The church is decorated English. There are a Wesleyan chapel and four alms houses.
The sub-district contains 6 parishes and a part. Acres, 13,153. Pop., 4,196. Houses, 934.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Wimborne
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Pimperne
- Poor Law Union: Wimborne and Cranborne
- Hundred: Cranborne
- Province: Canterbury