Farnham Dorset Family History Guide

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Farnham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

Alternative names: Little Farnham

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1737
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FARNHAM, a parish in Wimborne district, Dorset; near the boundary with Wilts, 7 miles WNW of Cranborne, and 8 NE by N of Blandford r. station. It has a post-office under Blandford, and a fair on 21 Aug. Acres, 402. Real property, with Ashmore, £3, 420. Pop., 121. Houses, 26. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £149. Patron, the Lord Chancellor.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Dorset, Farnham – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Farnham, 1731-1879
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Farnham (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Farnham, 1737-1992
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Farnham (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

England, Dorset, Farnham – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Surveyors’ accounts, 1769-1812
Author: Farnham (Dorset)

Directories

An Address from the County of Dorset on the Elementary Education Bill, May 9 1870

To the Right Honourable The EARL de GREY and RIPON President of Her Majesty’s Privy Council and To the Right Honourable W. E. FORSTER MP Vice President

We the undersigned Clergy and Laity of the Archdeaconry and County of Dorset, accepting the principle of the Elementary Education Bill now before Parliament, by which in existing Schools perfect liberty of Religious Teaching is guaranteed to the Managers, together with perfect liberty of withdrawal from such Teaching to the Parents of the Children, do earnestly deprecate any Alteration in the Bill which may affect such principle.

At the same time we are prepared to concede, if necessary, the substitution for the so-called Conscience Clause, of an Enactment which shall confine the Teaching of the Formularies of any Denomination to the first part of the School Hours.

FARNHAM

Philip Henry Lee, rector
Catharine Kaile
Esau Barrett, builder
Martin Ferrett, lime burner
Henry G. Ferrett, servant
Henry Butler, farmer, Long Crichel
Dinah Goodfellow, dressmaker, Sturminster
Rachel Ferrett, schoolmistress
Robert Barrett, postmaster
Richard Adams, farmer
David Woodford, labourer
John Eyers, farmer
Thomas Lane, farmer
James Adams, cordwainer

Source: An Address from the County of Dorset on the Elementary Education Bill, May 9 1870 by Dorset. Published by H. Spicer, Dorset County Chronicle Office, 1870.

Administration

  • County: Dorset
  • Civil Registration District: Wimborne
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Pimperne
  • Poor Law Union: Wimborne and Cranborne
  • Hundred: Cranborne
  • Province: Canterbury