Bettiscombe Dorset Family History Guide
Bettiscombe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
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Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1746
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1732
Nonconformists include: Presbyterian
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BETTISCOMBE, a parish in Beaminster district, Dorset; 5 miles W of Beaminster, and 6 ½ NW of Bridport r. station. Post Town, Broadwinsor, under Bridport. Acres, 667. Real property, with Pilsdon, £1,796. Pop., 76. Houses, 12. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £180. Patron, R. B. Sheridan, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1862, and in the early perpendicular style.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BETTISCOMBE, a parish, in the union of Beaminster, liberty of Frampton, Bridport division of Dorset, 6 miles (W. by S.) from Beaminster; containing 53 inhabitants, and comprising 667a. 2r. 16p. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £8. 2. 3½., and in the gift of the family of Sheridan: the tithes have been commuted for £1401, and the glebe consists of 54½ acres.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Beaminster
- Probate Court: Court of the Manor and Liberty of Frampton
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Bridport
- Poor Law Union: Beaminster
- Hundred: Frampton Liberty
- Province: Canterbury