Batcombe, Dorset Genealogy
Guide to Batcombe, Dorset ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Batcombe, Dorset | |
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Type | Ancient Parish |
Civil Jurisdictions | |
Hundred | Yetminster |
County | Dorset |
Poor Law Union | Cerne |
Registration District | Dorchester |
Records begin | |
Parish registers: 1767 | |
Bishop's Transcripts: 1731 | |
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
Rural Deanery | Shaftesbury |
Diocese | Salisbury |
Province | Canterbury |
Legal Jurisdictions | |
Probate Court | Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset |
Location of Archive | |
Dorset Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History
BATCOMBE (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Cerne, hundred of Yetminster, Cerne division of Dorset, 3 miles (N. W. by W.) from Cerne-Abbas.[1]
Resources
Civil Registration
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
Batcombe parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:
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Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
FS PRs | 1538-2001 | |
1538-2001 | |
1538-2001 | |
FS | 1538-1975 | |
1538–1973 | |
1538-1991 | |
FREG | 1731-1879 | |
1732-1867 | |
1731-1879 | |
OPC | 1731-1879 | |
1732-1867 | |
1731-1879 | |
ANC 1 | 1538-1812 | |
1538-1812 | |
1538-1812 | |
ANC 2 | 1813-1906 | |
1813-1921 | |
1813-2010 | |
FMP | 1800-1808 | |
1732-1837 | |
1799-1837 | |
MyH PRs | 1538-1936 | |
1538-1936 | |
1538-1936 | |
IGI | |
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FS Catalog PRs | |
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FS Catalog BTs | |
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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
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Probate records
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
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A., Topographical Dictionary of England, publ. London: 1848. Date accessed: 03 July 2103.
- ↑ ArcherSoftware.co.uk