Coombe Keynes Dorset Family History Guide

Coombe Keynes is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1585
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

COOMBE-KEYNES, a parish in Wareham district, Dorset; 2 miles S of Wool r. station, and 5½ WSW of Wareham. Post town, Wool, under Wareham. Acres, 2, 004. Real property, with Wool, £3, 743. Pop., 163. Houses, 30. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £95. Patron, J. Weld, Esq. The church, with the exception of the tower, was rebuilt in 1862; consists of nave and chancel; and is in the early English style.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

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

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1799-1968
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Coombe-Keynes (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Wool, 1583-1975
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wool (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

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: Winfrith
  • Province: Canterbury