Arne, Dorset Family History Guide

ARNE is a parish in the Wareham petty sessional division, within the parliamentary borough and county court district of Wareham, hundred of Hasilor, union of Wareham and Purbeck, diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset and rural deanery of Dorchester third portion, situated about 4 miles east from Wareham. This parish lies between Wareham and Poole harbours; on an eminence there is a large barrow, which has been used as a beacon.

Arne is a chapelry of Wareham Ecclesiastical Parish in Dorset.

Parish church: St. Nicholas

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1762
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ARNE, a parish in Wareham district, Dorset; on the W side of Poole harbour, 4 miles E of Wareham r. station. Post Town, Wareham. Acres, 4,196; of which 1,580 are water. Real property, with Earlsmead and Haymoor, £524. Pop., 139. Houses, 30. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Wareham, in the diocese of Salisbury.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ARNE, a parochial chapelry, in the union of Wareham and Purbeck, hundred of Hasilor, Wareham division of Dorset, 4 miles (E. by N.) from Wareham; containing 168 inhabitants; and comprising 1068a. 2r. 21p., exclusive of 1754 acres of common or waste.

The village is situated on the shore of Poole harbour, between Wareham and Brownsey Island. On the summit of an eminence connected with a bank of gravel or pebbles, extending north-eastward into the harbour, is a large barrow, which was formerly used as a beacon.

The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Rector of Wareham. The chapel, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is a plain structure of ancient date.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848