Bincombe Dorset Family History Guide
Bincombe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
Alternative names:
Parish church: Holy Trinity
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1658
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731
Nonconformists include: Baptist
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BINCOMBE, a parish in Weymouth district, Dorset; on the river Wey, on the Southwestern railway, and on the downs, 4½ miles S by W of Dorchester r. station. Post Town, Dorchester. Acres, 977. Real property, £1,035. Pop., 194. Houses, 41. The property is divided between two. Good stone is quarried; and there is a mineral spring. Numerous barrows are on the downs. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Broadway, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £487. Patron, Caius College, Cambridge. The church is old but good, and has a tower.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BINCOMBE (Holy Trinity), a parish, in the union of Weymouth, liberty of Frampton, Dorchester division of Dorset, 5 miles (S. by W.) from Dorchester; containing 170 inhabitants. It comprises by measurement 1000 acres, of which the soil is strong, the surface hilly, and the pasture land in general excellent. There are some quarries of a very fine durable stone, easily worked, a great quantity of which has been used in the public buildings at Dorchester.
The living is a rectory, with that of Broadway annexed, valued in the king’s books at £9. 1. 5½.; patrons, the Master and Fellows of Caius College, Cambridge. The tithes of Bincombe have been commuted for £180, and those of Broadway for £290. 10. 6.; the glebe in Bincombe comprises about 30 acres, and in Broadway 20. The church is a small structure with a square tower. Numerous barrows are visible on the neighbouring downs.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Weymouth
- Probate Court: Court of the Manor and Liberty of Frampton
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Dorchester
- Poor Law Union: Weymouth
- Hundred: Frampton Liberty
- Province: Canterbury