Burstock Dorset Family History Guide

Burstock is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

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Parish registers begin:

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

Nonconformists include: Presbyterian

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BURSTOCK, a parish in Beaminster district, Dorset; on the verge of the county, 4¾ miles WNW of Beaminster, and 5 SSW of Crewkerne r. station. Post Town, Broadwinsor, under Bridport. Acres, 913. Real property, £1,811. Pop., 220. Houses, 49. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £155. Patron, Rev. J. Jones. Charities, £14.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

BURSTOCK (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Beaminster, hundred of Whitchurch-Canonicorum, Bridport division of Dorset, 4¼ miles (W. N. W.) from Beaminster; containing 307 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king’s books at £5. 19. 4½., and in the patronage of John Bragge, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £170 per annum, and the glebe consists of about an acre and a half.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Dorset, Burstock – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, St. Andrew’s, Burstock, Dorset
Author: Faulkner, Pat; Faulkner, Harold; Somerset and Dorset Family History Society. West Dorset Group

England, Dorset, Burstock – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Burstock, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Dorset, Burstock – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Bustock, 1731-1878
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Burstock (Dorsetshire)

Marriages at Burstock, 1563-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Burstock (Dorsetshire)

Parish chest records for Burstock, 1851-1958
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Burstock (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

Parish registers for Burstock, 1560-1981
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Burstock (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

Directories

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.

BURSTOCK

Jonathan Jones, clerk
S. Warren, farmer
Mark Dunning, farmer
A.B. Bussell, butter dealer
John Fowler, farmer
S. Symes
Benjamin Bussell, miller
Arthur H. Poyser, Oxford

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: Beaminster
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Bridport
  • Poor Law Union: Beaminster
  • Hundred: Whitchurch Canonicorum
  • Province: Canterbury