Askerswell, Dorset Family History Guide

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ASKERSWELL is a small village and parish in the union, petty sessional division and county court district of Bridport, hundred of Eggerton, rural deanery of Bridport second portion, archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese Salisbury, 4 miles east from Bridport, situated on the Asker brook.

Parish church: St. Michael

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1560
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ASKERSWELL, a parish in Bridport district, Dorset; on an affluent of the river Brid, 5 miles E of Bridport r. station. It has a post office under Bridport. Acres, 1,161. Real property, with Loders, Up-Loders, and Mattravers, £7,127. Pop., 223. Houses, 48. The surface is a pleasant valley surrounded by hills. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £160. Patron, Mrs. H. T. Bower. The church was built in 1858, but has a tower which belonged to a previous edifice. Charities, £6.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

ASKERSWELL (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Bridport, hundred of Eggerton, Bridport division of Dorset, 4 miles (E.) from Bridport; containing 233 inhabitants. It contains about 1200 acres; the soil is chalky, and the surface hilly. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £9. 2. 6.; net income, £160; patron, the Rev. James Cox. The glebe contains 23 acres, with a house.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Registers

Marriages at Askerswell 1560 to 1812

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Cemeteries

Monumental inscriptions, parish church of St. Michael and All Angels, Askerswell, Dorset Author: Faulkner, Pat; Faulkner, Harold; Somerset and Dorset Family History Society. West Dorset Group

Census

Census returns for Askerswell, 1841-1891

Church Records

Bishop’s transcripts for Askerswell, 1731-1879 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Askerswell (Dorsetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1718-1794 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Askerswell (Dorsetshire)

Marriages at Askerswell, 1560-1812 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Askerswell (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Askerswell, 1558-1999 Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Askerswell (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

Land and property

Poor law records, 1717-1848 Author: Askerswell (Dorset)

Poorhouses & Poor Law

Poor law records, 1717-1848 Author: Askerswell (Dorset)

Schools

School records for Askerswell, 1884-1950 Author: Askerwell Church of England School (Askerwell, Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

Taxation

Poor law records, 1717-1848 Author: Askerswell (Dorset)

Dorset Historical Directories

Directory Transcriptions

Kelly’s Directory of Dorsetshire 1880

ASKERSWELL is a small village and parish in the union, petty sessional division and county court district of Bridport, hundred of Eggerton, rural deanery of Bridport second portion, archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese Salisbury, 4 miles east from Bridport, situated on the Asker brook.

Parish Clerk, Mark White

POST OFFICE – Miss Annie Nobbs, receiver. Letters received through Bridport at 10.35 a.m. dispatched at 4.45 p.m. Bridport is the nearest money order & telegraph office

County Police Station, James Hill, sergeant

National School, Miss Fanny Fry, mistress

Conway Richard
Fox Rev Edward Walter BA rector
Way George
Bishop Jane Mrs miller
Bishop William farmer
Dawe Ellis farmer South Eggardon

Legg Edward Gapper farmer
Nobbs Annie Miss dress maker post office
Osmant John miller & baker
Shepherd John farmer Court farm
Vine Job dairyman

White Mark shopkeeper
Williams John Three Horse Shoes & blacksmith
Woodsford Joseph boot & shoe maker

Source: Kelly’s directory of Hampshire, Dorsetshire, Wiltshire (the Isle of Wight, and the Channel Islands). By Kelly’s directories, ltd · 1880

An Address from the County of Dorset on the Elementary Education Bill, May 9 1870

To the Right Honourable The EARL de GREY and RIPON President of Her Majesty’s Privy Council and To the Right Honourable W. E. FORSTER MP Vice President

We the undersigned Clergy and Laity of the Archdeaconry and County of Dorset, accepting the principle of the Elementary Education Bill now before Parliament, by which in existing Schools perfect liberty of Religious Teaching is guaranteed to the Managers, together with perfect liberty of withdrawal from such Teaching to the Parents of the Children, do earnestly deprecate any Alteration in the Bill which may affect such principle.

At the same time we are prepared to concede, if necessary, the substitution for the so-called Conscience Clause, of an Enactment which shall confine the Teaching of the Formularies of any Denomination to the first part of the School Hours.

ASKERSWELL

E.W. Fox, rector
John Shepherd, church warden

Source: An Address from the County of Dorset on the Elementary Education Bill, May 9 1870 by Dorset. Published by H. Spicer, Dorset County Chronicle Office, 1870.

Administration

  • County: Dorset
  • Civil Registration District: Bridport
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Bridport
  • Poor Law Union: Bridport
  • Hundred: Eggerton
  • Province: Canterbury