Bradford Abbas, Dorset Family History Guide
Bradford Abbas is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
Other places in the parish include: Clifton Maybank.
Alternative names: Bradford Abbas with Clifton Maybank
Parish church: St. Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1579
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1729
Nonconformists include: Presbyterian
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Adjacent Parishes
- Hendford, Somerset
- Beer Hackett
- Barwick, Somerset
- Ryme Instrinseca
- Yetminster
- Yeovil, Somerset
- Nether Compton
- Over Compton
- Thornford
- Sherborne
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BRADFORD-ABBAS, a village, a parish, and a subdistrict, in Sherborne district, Dorset. The village stands on the river Yeo, adjacent to the Southwestern railway, 2½ miles ESE of Yeovil station, and 3½ SW by W of Sherborne; and has a post office under Sherborne.
The parish comprises 1,139 acres. Real property, £3,055. Pop., 585. Houses, 134. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage, united with the rectory of Clifton-Maybank, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £479. Patron, Winchester college. The church is good. An endowed school has £24; and other charities £28.
The subdistrict comprises thirteen parishes. Acres, 12,836. Pop., 3,372. Houses, 738.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BRADFORD-ABBAS (St. Mary), a parish, in the union and hundred of Sherborne, Sherborne division of Dorset, 4 miles (W. S. W.) from Sherborne; containing 652 inhabitants. It comprises 1139a. 1r. 30p., of which 774 acres are arable, 336 pasture, and 29 woodland: the soil is partly of a sandy and partly of a stony nature; the surface is generally hilly, and where flat subject to inundation. The river Ivel passes through.
The living is a vicarage, with which the rectory of Clifton-Mabank was united in 1824, valued in the king’s books at £7. 17. 11., and in the gift of the Warden and Fellows of Winchester College, who exchanged the living of Milbourne-Port for this in 1824. The Marquess of Anglesey has commuted his share of the great tithes for £193. 17. 11.; the Warden and Fellows receive £45, and the vicarial tithes of the parish have been commuted for £156: the glebe belonging to the impropriator comprises nearly nine acres, and that of the vicar nearly 9½.
The church is an elegant structure in the later English style, with a lofty square embattled tower of graceful elevation. The Rev. William Preston, in 1738, gave an estate now worth £24 per annum; and in 1781, Mark West and William Read gave property producing £12. 5. per annum; for which sums children are educated on the national system.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Parish Registers
Marriage Allegations
The following people have been recorded in the Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837.
Fry, William, of Bradford, co. Dorset, husbandman, & Jane Austin, of Bromley, at Ellingham, 11 July, 1730.
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Census
Census returns for Bradford-Abbas, 1841-1891
Church Records
History
Bradford Abbas : the history of a Dorset village Author: Garrett, Eric
Poorhouses & Poor Law
Poor law records, 1798-1863 Author: Bradford-Abbas (Dorset)
Public records
Poor law records, 1798-1863 Author: Bradford-Abbas (Dorset)
Schools
Directories
Kelly’s Directory of the Leather Trades 1880
BRADFORD ABBAS
Boot & Shoe Makers
Arnold Henry
Pitt John
Smith Mark & Son
Saddler
Rawlings John
Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Sherborne
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Shaftesbury
- Poor Law Union: Sherborne
- Hundred: Sherborne
- Province: Canterbury