Melbury Osmond Dorset Family History Guide

Melbury Osmond is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1580
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1751

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Evershot
• Ryme Instrinseca
• Melbury Sampford
• Stockwood
• Yetminster
• East Chelborough
• Closworth Somerset
• Halstock

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MELBURY-OSMOND, a village and a parish in Beaminster district, Dorset. The village stands 2½ miles NNW of Evershot r. station, and 6¾ SW by S of Sherborne; and has a post office under Dorchester.

The parish comprises 1,192 acres. Real property, £1,704. Pop., 329. Houses, 73. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Earl of Ilchester.

The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Melbury-Sampford, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £268. Patron, the Earl of Ilchester. The church was rebuilt in 1745, and has a tower. There are an endowed school with £15 a year, and charities £11.

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

Parish Records

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England, Dorset, Melbury-Osmond – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Melbury-Osmond, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Schedule of the population of Melbury Osmond, Dorsett, 1800

England, Dorset, Melbury-Osmond – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Melbury-Osmond and Melbury-Sampford., 1731-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Melbury-Osmond (Dorsetshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Melbury-Sampford (Dorsetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1661-1901
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Melbury-Osmond (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Melbury-Osmond, 1813-1970
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Melbury-Osmond (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

Parish registers for Melbury-SaMpford with Melbury-Osmond, 1580-1936
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Melbury-Sanpford with Melbury-Osmond (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

England, Dorset, Melbury-Osmond – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Miscellaneous civil records, 1752-1791
Author: Melbury-Osmond (Dorset)

Overseers of the poor account book, 1730-1788
Author: Melbury-Osmond (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Melbury-Osmond – Public records ( 1 )
Miscellaneous civil records, 1752-1791
Author: Melbury-Osmond (Dorset)

Administration

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