Halstock Dorset Family History Guide

Halstock is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1693
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1579

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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HALSTOCK, a village and a parish in Beaminster district, and a liberty in Bridport division, Dorset. The village stands near the boundary with Somerset, 5½ miles SSW of Yeovil r. station, and 6 NE by N of Beaminster; and it has a post office under Yeovil.

The parish comprises 3,181 acres. Real property, with Benville, Chelborongh, and Corscombe, £12,104. Rated property of H. alone, £1,676. Pop., 532. Houses, 117. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to Lord Abinger.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £200. Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. The church was rebuilt in 1846, and has a tower. Charities, £10. The liberty is conterminate with the parish.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Dorset, Halstock – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Halstock, 1579-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Halstock (Dorsetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1757-1923
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Halstock (Dorsetshire)

Marriages at Halstock, 1701-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Halstock (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Halstock, 1698-1936
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Halstock (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

England, Dorset, Halstock – Court records ( 1 )
Court records, 1593-1638
Author: Church of England. Prebendal Court (Lyme-Regis and Halstock)

England, Dorset, Halstock – History ( 2 )
A history of Halstock
Author: Lemmey, Pam

Spotlight on Halstock
Author: Nineham, Alan

England, Dorset, Halstock – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Halstock, 1781-1832

England, Dorset, Halstock – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Overseers account books, 1815-1834
Author: Halstock (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Halstock – Probate records ( 1 )
Original wills, 1664-1857
Author: Church of England. Prebendal Court (Lyme-Regis and Halstock)

England, Dorset, Halstock – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Halstock, 1781-1832

Administration

  • County: Dorset
  • Civil Registration District: Beaminster
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Prebend of Lyme Regis and Halstock
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – None, Post-1846 – Shaftesbury
  • Poor Law Union: Beaminster
  • Hundred: Halstock Liberty
  • Province: Canterbury