Langton Matravers, Dorset Genealogy
Guide to Langton Matravers, Dorset ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Langton Matravers, Dorset | |
|---|---|
 Parish church of St. George | |
| Type | England Jurisdictions |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Rowberrow |
| County | Dorset, England Genealogy |
| Poor Law Union | Wareham and Purbeck |
| Registration District | Wareham |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Dorchester |
| Diocese | Salisbury |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
LANGTON-MATRAVERS, a village and a parish in Wareham district, Dorset. The village stands near the coast, 3 miles SE of Corfe-Castle, and 8 SE of Wareham railroad station. The parish contains also Acton hamlet. There is a Wesleyan chapel.[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]
| Earliest | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1813-1889 | Ancestry[3] | 1813-1839 | Ancestry[4] | 1813-1879 | Ancestry[5] | ||||||||||||||
| Indexes | 1530-1980 | Ancestry[6] | 1659-1837 | Joiner[7] | |||||||||||||||
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.
In addition to returns made as part of the decennial England Census a census was taken in 1803 in preparation for a threatened French Invasion.
1803 Census transcripts hosted by Langton Matravers OPC
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]
- Langton Matravers Local History and Preservation Society
- Langton Matravers OPC - Part of the Online Parish Clerks network
- Langton Matravers One-Place Study
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ John M. Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, publ. London and Edinburgh: 1870. Date accessed: 07 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.
- ↑ England & Wales, Christening Index, 1530-1980, courtesy: Ancestry (£).
- ↑ 'Search Marriage Records in Dorset,' The Joiner Marriage Index, accessed 24 June 2012.
