Fontmell Magna Dorset Family History Guide

Fontmell Magna is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset. West Orchard is a chapelry of Fontmell Magna.

Other places in the parish include: Hargrove, Hartgrave, Hartgrove, Bedchester, and Bedcester.

Alternative names: Great Fontmell, Fontmell

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1653
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Fontmell Magna Lurmur Street
Fontmell Magna Lurmur Street

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FONTMELL, a village, a parish, and a sub-district in Shaftesbury district, Dorset. The village stands 4 miles S of Shaftesbury, and 4 N by E of Shillingstone r. station; and has a post office under Salisbury.

The parish includes also the tythings of Bedcester and Hartgrove; and bears the name of Fontmell Magna. Acres, 2, 853. Real property, with Compton Abbas, £4, 796. Rated property of F. alone, £3, 338. Pop., 875. Houses, 189. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a rectory and a vicarage, united with the p. curacy of West Orchard, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £440. Patron, George Carr Glyn, Esq. The church was built in 1864, on the site of a previous edifice; is in the later English style, after designs by Mr. Evans; and is richly ornamented.

There is a Wesleyan chapel. The sub-district contains nine parishes. Acres, 14, 944. Pop., 3, 358. Houses, 745.

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

Parish Registers

Marriage Allegations

The following people have been recorded in the Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837.

BISHOP, Joseph, of Fontmell, co. Dorset, miller, a minor, with c. of his parents, Samuel & Martha Bishop, of the s., & Maria Lane, of Eling, a minor, with c. of her p., John and Betty Lane, of the s., at E., 14 Dec., 1808.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Dorset, Fontmell – Census – 1831 ( 1 )
Census returns for the parish of Fontmell, 1831
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

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

Churchwardens’ accounts for Fontmell, 1718-1900
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fontmell (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Fontmell, 1653-1994
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Fontmell (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

England, Dorset, Fontmell – History ( 2 )
Spotlight on Fontmell Magna

Spotlight on Fontmell Magna : Glyn
Author: Lawrence, Ian, 1955-

England, Dorset, Fontmell – Military records – Militia ( 1 )
Militia papers, 1782-1804
Author: Fontmell (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Fontmell – Occupations ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1681-1900
Author: Fontmell (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Fontmell – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1681-1900
Author: Fontmell (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Fontmell – Public records ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1681-1900
Author: Fontmell (Dorset)

Administration

  • County: Dorset
  • Civil Registration District: Shaftsbury
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Shaftesbury
  • Poor Law Union: Shaftesbury
  • Hundred: Sixpenny Hadley
  • Province: Canterbury