Almer, Dorset Family History Guide
ALMER is a parish in East Shaston petty sessional division, Loosebarrow hundred, Blandford union and county court district, diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset, rural deanery of Whitchurch second portion, 6 miles west from Wimborne, 6 south south east from Blandford, and 3 west from Sturminster Marshall station on the and Dorset railway. The village is on the Winterbourne, and on the road from Dorchester to Wimborne.
Other places in the parish include: Mapperton.
Alternative names: Almer and Mapperton
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
ALMER, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; on an affluent of the Stour, 3½ miles S by W of Spettisbury r. station, and 7 W by S of Wimborne-Minster. It contains the hamlet of Mapperton. Post Town, Shapwick under Blandford. Acres, 1,161. Real property, £2,686 Pop., 155. Houses, 34. The manor belongs to T. S Drax, Esq. of Charborough; and much of the surface is included in Charborough Park. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £284. Patron, Miss Drax.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
ALMER (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Blandford, hundred of Loosebarrow, Wimborne division of Dorset, 5¾ miles (S. S. E.) from Blandford-Forum; containing, with the hamlet of Mapperton, 189 inhabitants. It comprises 1129 acres of land, presenting a flat appearance; the soil is light, with a chalk and gravel bottom. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £13. 5. 8., and in the patronage of the family of Drax: the tithes have been commuted for £265, and the glebe consists of 35 acres. The church is a small edifice, built by General Erle.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Registers
Parish Records
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Census
Census returns for Almer, 1841-1891
Church Records
The registers of Almer, Co. Dorset, 1538-1812 Author: Fry, Edw. Alex. (Edward Alexander), 1854-1934
Parish printout of Almer parish, Dorsetshire, England
Dorset Historical Directories
Directory Transcriptions
Kelly’s Directory of Dorsetshire 1880
ALMER is a parish in East Shaston petty sessional division, Loosebarrow hundred, Blandford union and county court district, diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset, rural deanery of Whitchurch second portion, 6 miles west from Wimborne, 6 south south east from Blandford, and 3 west from Sturminster Marshall station on the and Dorset railway. The village is on the Winterbourne, and on the road from Dorchester to Wimborne.
Parish Clerk John Battrick
Post Office – Robert Manuel, receiver. Letters received through Blandford at 6.30 am; dispatched at 6.15 pm. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Bere Regis
Dame School, Miss Eliza Manuel, mistress
Torkington Rev Chas BA rector
Burden Robert dairyman Mapperton
Dominey John Red Lion World’s End
Ingram William farmer Mapperton
Richards George farmer
Source: Kelly’s directory of Hampshire, Dorsetshire, Wiltshire (the Isle of Wight, and the Channel Islands). By Kelly’s directories, ltd · 1880
Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Blandford
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Whitchurch
- Poor Law Union: Blandford
- Hundred: Loosebarrow
- Province: Canterbury