Lytchett Minster Dorset Family History Guide
Lytchett Minster is a chapelry of Sturminster Marshall Ancient Parish in Dorset.
Other places in the parish include: Lytchett Heath and Upton.
Alternative names: Lower Lytchett, Lytchet Minster, South Lytchett
Parish church: St Mary
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1555
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1814
Nonconformists include: Baptist, Independent/Congregational, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
LYTCHETT-MINSTER, a village and a parish in Poole district, Dorset. The village stands at the head of Lytchett-bay, 2¼ miles WNW of Poole-Junction r. station, and 4 WNW of Poole; and has a post office under Poole.
The parish comprises 3,209 acres of land, and 135 of water. Real property, £4,101. Pop., 802. Houses 176. The manor, with Lytchett House, belonged formerly to the Eyres; passed to Sir S. Scott, Bart.; and belongs now to W. R. Fryer, Esq.
An alien priory was here, and gave rise to the suffix name Minster. Much of the land is heath and waste. A large tumulus, called Lytchett-Beacon, is 1¾ mile NE of the village, and serves as a land-mark for vessels entering Poole harbour. Potter’s clay is dug from pits, and sent to Poole harbour.
Lytchett bay is a northern offshoot of Wareham harbour, about 3 miles in circuit, separated by the upper part of a small peninsula from the Holes-bay offshoot of Poole harbour. A rivulet, called the Rock Lee river, falls into the W side of Lytchett bay; and is crossed, near the village, by a bridge.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £295. Patron, Eton College. The church is modern, was built from the materials of the old priory, and has an ancient tower. There are chapels for Independents, Baptists, and Wesleyans, national and British schools, and charities £24. The Wesleyan chapel was built in 1866; and is in the pointed style, of red brick, with white stone dressings.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
LYTCHETT-MINSTER, a chapelry, in the parish of Sturminster-Marshall, union of Poole, hundred of Cogdean, Wimborne division of Dorset, 4½ miles (W. N. W.) from Poole; containing 858 inhabitants.
This chapelry is bounded on the south-east by an estuary of Poole harbour, and on the south by Rock Lee river, which is crossed by a bridge. It comprises 3191a. 3r. 27p.; 975 acres are arable, 557 meadow, 172 woodland, and 1428 heath, &c. There are pits for potters’ clay, from which a canal runs to the estuary.
A pleasure fair is held on Whit-Monday. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for £15. 9. 6., and the vicarial for £350. The chapel, with the exception of the tower, was rebuilt by subscription in 1836.
There are two places of worship for Independents; and a national school supported by subscription. On the south side of the village is a very large tumulus called Lytchett Beacon, which is seen far off at sea, and serves as a landmark for entering Poole harbour.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
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.
HOCKEY, Absalom, of Lytchett, co. Dorset, 21, b., & Sarah Freeborn Hayward, of Fordingbridge, 21, at F., 20 Jan., 1834. Aff.
Parish Records
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Directories
Kelly’s Directory of Dorsetshire 1880
Sexton C Sansom
National School Charles Towler master
Day Rev Russell MA Yarrells
Fryer William Rolles
House Mrs Post Green house
Mercer John
Slade Charles Wall Rev Edward C Wesleyan
COMMERCIAL
Andrews Jeremiah farmer Race farm
Anstey Charles shopkeeper
Anstey John miller
Baker Alfred wheelwright
Baker Sydenham John builder
Ballam Daniel farmer & brick & tile manufacturer
Barnes George farmer
Best Benjamin boot & shoe maker
Best Henry blacksmith
Best William boot & shoe maker & assistant overseer
Brunker William tailor & post office
Churchman Charles carpenter & wheel wright
Conway John brick maker
Crumpler John farmer
Dean George shopkeeper & brickmaker
Dominy George farmer
Dominy Robert blacksmith
Inkpen George Peter’s Finger
Johnson William brick maker
Keynes George Bakers Arms
Macalister Alexander bailiff to F Styring esq
Mullins Jasper beer retailer
Phillips Henry Railway inn
Plowman Robert farmer
Sansom Sarah Mrs farmer
Squires Elizabeth Mrs farmer
Slade Charles farmer
Slade Thomas market gardener
Talbot Richard farmer Cox farm
Taylor William baker & grocer
Source: Kelly’s directory of Hampshire, Dorsetshire, Wiltshire (the Isle of Wight, and the Channel Islands).
By Kelly’s directories, ltd · 1880
Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Poole
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Sturminster Marshall
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – None, Post-1846 – Whitchurch
- Poor Law Union: Poole
- Hundred: Cogdean
- Province: Canterbury