Dorchester Holy Trinity with Frome Whitfield, Dorset Genealogy
Guide to Dorchester Holy Trinity with Frome Whitfield, Dorset ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Dorchester Holy Trinity with Frome Whitfield, Dorset | |
|---|---|
| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish (England) |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Dorchester Borough |
| County | Dorset, England Genealogy |
| Poor Law Union | Dorchester |
| Registration District | Dorchester |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1559 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1739 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Dorchester |
| 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]
Dorchester (Holy Trinity) capital of county, municipal borough, and market town, Dorset, on River Frome, 8 miles N of Weymouth and 138 miles SW of London by rail. The town is divided into three parishes. The Holy Trinity church began as early as 1559.[1].
Dorchester capital of county, municipal borough, and market town, Dorset, on River Frome, 8 miles N of Weymouth and 138 miles SW of London by rail, 635 acres, pop. 7567; P.O., T.O., 4 Banks, 3 newspapers. Market-days, Wednesday and Saturday. Dorchester was the Durnovaria of the Romans, and the Dorn Ceastre of the West Saxons. Portions of the Roman wall still remain; also, the ruins of a large amphitheatre, the most perfect of its kind in England. There are some breweries, but the trade is mainly agricultural. A little to the W of the town are large cavalry and infantry barracks. The borough returned 1 member until 1885.[2].
Frome Whitfield. A Vision of Britain through Time includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units. For the best overall sense of how the area containing Frome Whitfield has changed, please see our redistricted information for the modern district of West Dorset. More detailed statistical data are available under Units and statistics, which includes both administrative units covering Frome Whitfield and units named after it.[3].
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]
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| 1813-1906 | Ancestry[5] | 1813-1921 | Ancestry[6] | 1813-1879 | Ancestry[7] | ||||||||||||||
| Indexes | 1560-1812 | FreeREG[8] | |||||||||||||||||
| 1560-1837 | Joiner[9] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1651-1675 | findmypast[10] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1790-1812 | Ancestry[11] | ||||||||||||||||||
Dorchester Holy Trinity with Frome Whitfield parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
| FREG = FreeREG - free[12] |
| Dorchester Holy Trinity with Frome Whitfield Online Parish Records | ||||||
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| FREG | 1560-1812 | |||||
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]
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., Topographical Dictionary of England, publ. London: 1848. Date accessed: 05 July 2013.
- ↑ John M. Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, publ. London and Edinburgh: 1870. Date accessed: 05 July 2013.
- ↑ John M. Wilson, ''Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, publ. London and Edinburgh: 1870. Date accessed: 05 July 2013.
- ↑ Dorset, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1812, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Partially indexed.
- ↑ Dorset, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Partially indexed.
- ↑ Dorset, England, Marriages and Banns, 1813-1921, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Partially indexed.
- ↑ Dorset, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-2001, courtesy: Ancestry (£). Partially indexed.
- ↑ Dorset Coverage in FreeReg, FreeREG, accessed 21 May 2012.
- ↑ 'Search Marriage Records in Dorset,' The Joiner Marriage Index, accessed 9 June 2012.
- ↑ 'Boyd's Marriage Index - Parish details by county,' Origins.net, accessed 5 July 2012.
- ↑ Pallot's Marriage and Birth Indexes, Guide to Parishes (n.p.: n.p., n.d.). FHL British Book 942 V25pm
- ↑ 'Dorset Coverage', FreeREG, accessed 10 January 2014.
- Dorchester & Fordington OPC - Part of the Online Parish Clerks network
