East Chelborough Dorset Family History Guide

East Chelborough is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

Alternative names: East Chelborough, Lewcombe, Luccombe

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1682
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1733

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CHELBOROUGH (East), or Luccombe, a parish in Beaminster district, Dorset; on the Roman road from Dorchester, at the verge of the county, 3½ miles WSW of Yetminster r. station, and 6½ NE of Beaminster. Post town, Melbury-Osmond, under Dorchester. Acres, 948. Rated property, £1, 242. Pop., 93. Houses, 18. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £340. Patron, Miss F. Hildyard. 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, Chelborough (East)
England, Dorset, Luccombe

England, Dorset, East Chelborough – Cemeteries ( 1 )
East & West Chelborough parish registers and monumental inscriptions
Author: Pine, Terry; Somerset & Dorset Family History Society

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

England, Dorset, East Chelborough – Church records ( 5 )
Bishop’s transcripts for East Chelborough, 1733-1879
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Chelborough (Dorsetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1742-1926
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Chelborough (Dorsetshire)

East & West Chelborough parish registers and monumental inscriptions
Author: Pine, Terry; Somerset & Dorset Family History Society

Marriages at East Chelborough, 1690-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Chelborough (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for East Chelborough, 1682-1950
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of East Chelborough (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

England, Dorset, East Chelborough – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Overseers account books, 1848-1865
Author: East Chelborough (Dorset)

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: Tollerford
  • Province: Canterbury