Catherston Leweston, Dorset Genealogy
Guide to Catherston Leweston, Dorset ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Catherston Leweston, Dorset | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ancient parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Whitchurch-Canonicorum |
| County | Dorset, England Genealogy |
| Poor Law Union | Bridport |
| Registration District | Bridport |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1837; For more records see Charmouth | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1837; For more records see Charmouth | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Bridport |
| Diocese | Salisbury |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset |
| Location of Archive | |
| Dorset History Centre | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
CATHERSTON-LEWESTON, a parish in Bridport district, Dorset; on the River Char, 4 miles NE of Lyme Regis, and 6½ WNW of Bridport railway station.[1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.
Church records[edit | edit source]
Catherston Leweston parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| Catherston Leweston Online Parish Records | ||||||
| Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
| FS PRs | 1538-2001 | 1538-2001 | 1538-2001 | |||
| FS | 1538-1975 | 1538-1973 | 1538-1991 | |||
| OPC | 1837-1902 | 1839-1912 | ||||
| ANC 1 | 1538-1812 | 1538-1812 | 1538-1812 | |||
| ANC 2 | 1813-1906 | 1813-1921 | 1813-2010 | |||
| FMP | 1837-1907 | 1839-1935 | ||||
| MyH PRs | 1538-1936 | 1538-1936 | 1538-1936 | |||
| IGI | ||||||
| FS Catalog PRs | ||||||
| FS Catalog BTs | ||||||
To find the names of the neighboring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.
Census records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Probate records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Dorset Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ John M. Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, publ. London and Edinburgh: 1870. Date accessed: 04 July 2103.
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk
