Broadway Dorset Family History Guide
Broadway is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
Other places in the parish include: Little Moor and Nottington.
Alternative names: Broadwey
Parish church: St. Nicholas
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1661
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1713
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BROADWAY, a village and a parish in Weymouth district, Dorset. The village stands on the river Wey, near the Weymouth railway, 3½ miles N by W of Weymouth; and has a fair on the Wednesday before 18 Sept.
The parish includes also Little Moor hamlet, and part of Nottington hamlet; and its Post Town is Radipole, under Weymouth. Acres, 1,029. Real property, £5,072. Pop., 614. Houses, 133. The property is much subdivided. Stone is quarried.
The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Bincombe, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church is good; and there are charities £9.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
BROADWAY (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Weymouth, hundred of Culliford-Tree, Dorchester division of Dorset, 5 miles (S. S. W.) from Dorchester; containing 498 inhabitants.
This parish, which is situated on the Weymouth and Dorchester road, and intersected by the river Wey, comprises by admeasurement 11,000 acres, about one-third being arable. There are some fine quarries from which stone is obtained for lime and for building. At the hamlet of Nottingham is a mineral spring, used for medicinal purposes.
The living is a rectory, annexed to that of Bincombe, and valued in the king’s books at £7. 15. 2½.: the glebe contains about 100 acres. The southern entrance of the church is distinguished by a beautiful Norman arch of very early date. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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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.
BROADWEY
Edward Headland, rector, M.A.
R.O. Steward, Lieut-Colonel and J.P., Nottington
John Moore Bridge, clerk, M.A.
Tom Gale, church warden
J.H. Moore Stevens, gentleman
John Furmedge, gentleman
George Bowditch, tailor
William Rogers, clerk
John Mayo, farmer
Jane Smart, schoolmistress
J.W. Pridham, physician
R. Luckham, church warden
John Gale, yeoman
John Otter
Richard Peters, carpenter
William Parsons, gardener
Thomas N. Otter, carpenter
George Henry Satchell, shoemaker
William Gale, dairyman
J. Burt M.A., curate of Bincombe
E. Read
S. Read
D. Lane
John Beavis
Thomas Ayles
John Payne
John Passion
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: Weymouth
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Dorchester
- Poor Law Union: Weymouth
- Hundred: Culliford Tree
- Province: Canterbury