Compton Abbas West, Dorset Family History Guide
Compton Abbas West is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
Alternative names: West Compton, West Compton Abbas
Parish church: St. Michael
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1538
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1745
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Adjacent Parishes
- Toller Porcorum
- Askerswell
- Litton Cheney
- Long Bredy
- Wynford Eagle
- Powerstock with West Milton
- Compton Valence
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
COMPTON-ABBAS (West), a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset; 3½ miles SW of Maiden-Newton r. station, and 7 ENE of Bridport. Post town, Compton-Vallence, under Dorchester. Acres, 846. Real property, £1, 122. Pop., 117. Houses, 19. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to Milton Abbey. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £150. Patron, R. Williams, Esq.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
COMPTON-ABBAS, or West Compton (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Dorchester, hundred of Cerne, Totcombe, and Modbury, Dorchester division of Dorset, 9 miles (W. N. W.) from Dorchester; containing 91 inhabitants. It derives the adjunct to its name from having once formed part of the possessions of Milton Abbey. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £8. 0. 5.; net income, £191; patron, R. Williams, Esq.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Dorchester
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Bridport
- Poor Law Union: Dorchester
- Hundred: Cerne, Totcombe and Modbury
- Province: Canterbury