Lillington Dorset Family History Guide

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Lillington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

Other places in the parish include: Lillington Inner and Lillington Outer.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1712
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1581

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

LILLINGTON, a parish in Sherborne district, Dorset; 2¾ miles SSW of Sherborne r. station. Post town, Sherborne. Acres, 1,807. Real property, £2,557. Pop., 163. Houses, 35. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, not reported. Patron, R. Gordon, Esq. The church is good.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Dorset, Lillington – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Lillington., 1582-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lillington (Dorsetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1789-1949
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lillington (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Lillington, 1712-1975
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Lillington (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

England, Dorset, Lillington – Land and property ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1751-1848
Author: Lillington (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Lillington – Military records – Militia ( 1 )
Militia papers, 1700s-1800s
Author: Lillington (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Lillington – Occupations ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1751-1848
Author: Lillington (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Lillington – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1751-1848
Author: Lillington (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Lillington – Taxation ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1751-1848
Author: Lillington (Dorset)

Administration

  • County: Dorset
  • Civil Registration District: Sherborne
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Salisbury
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – None, Post-1846 – Shaftesbury
  • Poor Law Union: Sherborne
  • Hundred: Sherborne
  • Province: Canterbury