Hooke Dorset Family History Guide

Hooke is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

Alternative names: Hook

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1813
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1732

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HOOK, a parish in Beaminster district, Dorset; on the river Froom, 2¼ miles NW of Toller r. station, and 4 E by S of Beaminster. Post town, Beaminster, under Bridport. Acres, 1, 237. Real property, with Witherstone, West Milton, South Poorton, Poorstock, and Nettlecombe, £8, 315. Rated property of H. alone, £1, 147. Pop., 247. Houses, 55. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Duke of Cleveland. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £100. Patrons, the Dowager-Countess and the Earl of Sandwich. The church is ancient, and was repaired in 1844.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Dorset, Hook – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts of Hook., 1732-1880.
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hook (Dorsetshire)

Marriages at Hook, 1771-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hook (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Hook, 1813-1999
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hook (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

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.

HOOK

Robert A. Keddle, rector
Charles Rendell, yeoman and overseer
Thomas Dennett, dairyman
Robert Hallett, miller
Alfred Rendell, woodman
Simeon Rendle, innkeeper
William Willment, dairyman
William Genge, churchwarden
John Walden, yeoman
John Davy, dairyman
George John Stuckey, yeoman
John N. Draper, schoolmistress (as in book)

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: Beaminster
  • Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Bridport
  • Poor Law Union: Beaminster
  • Hundred: Eggerton
  • Province: Canterbury