Chaldon Herring Dorset Family History Guide

Chaldon Herring is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

Other places in the parish include: Chaldon Boys and West Chaldon.

Alternative names: East Chaldon

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1621
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHALDON-HERRING, or East Chaldon, a parish in Wareham district, Dorset; near the coast, 3¾ miles S of Moreton r. station, and 9½ WSW of Wareham. Post Town, Winfrith, under Dorchester. Acres, 2,981. Real property, with Chaldon-Boys and Holworth, £3,285. Pop., 341. Houses, 63. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £62. Patron, Joseph Weld, Esq. The church is good.

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

Parish Records

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England, Dorset, East Chaldon

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

England, Dorset, Chaldon-Herring – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Chaldon-Herring, 1731-1879
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Chaldon-Herring (Dorsetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1708-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Chaldon-Herring (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Chaldon-Herring, 1621-1993
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Chaldon-Herring (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

England, Dorset, Chaldon-Herring – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Overseers account books, 1732-1836
Author: Chaldon-Herring (Dorset)

Administration

  • County: Dorset
  • Civil Registration District: Wareham
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Dorchester
  • Poor Law Union: Wareham and Purbeck
  • Hundred: Bindon Liberty
  • Province: Canterbury