Durweston, Dorset Family History Guide

Durweston is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

Other places in the parish include: Knighton.

Alternative names:

Parish church: St. Nicholas

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1730
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731

Nonconformists include:

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DURWESTON, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; on the river Stour, adjacent to the Mid-Dorset railway, 2¼ miles NW of Blandford-Forum.

It includes Knighton; and has a post office under Blandford. Acres, 1, 763. Real property, £1, 751. Pop., 364. Houses, 68.

The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Bryanston, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £538. Patron, Lord Portman. The church was rebuilt in 1850, after designs by Hardwick; is in the early English style; and has a tower.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

DURWESTON (St. Nicholas), a parish, in the union of Blandford, hundred of Pimperne, Blandford division of Dorset, 3 miles (N. W.) from Blandford; containing, with the tything of Knighton, 468 inhabitants.

It comprises 1900 acres, and is situated on the river Stour, over which is a bridge, to the east of the village; the surface is hilly, and the soil chalky. Knighton, formerly a distinct parish, has long been consolidated with Durweston.

The living is a rectory, with that of Bryanston united, valued in the king’s books at £13. 11. 3., and in the gift of Lord Portman: the tithes have been commuted for £263, and the glebe comprises 111 acres.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

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Administration

County: Dorset
Civil Registration District: Blandford
Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
Diocese: Salisbury
Rural Deanery: Whitchurch
Poor Law Union: Blandford
Hundred: Pimperne
Province: Canterbury