Mosterton Dorset Family History Guide
Mosterton is a chapelry of South Perrot Ancient Parish in Dorset.
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1651
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1741
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Table of Contents
Adjacent Parishes
Mosterton Parish Records
Mosterton Poor Law Apprenticeship Records, 1623-1898
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MOSTERTON, a village and a parish in Beaminster district, Dorset. The village stands on the river Axe, 1 mile S of the boundary with Somerset, 2½ SSE of Crewkerne r. station, and 3¼ NW by N of Beaminster; and has a post office under Crewkerne.
The parish comprises 958 acres. Real property, with Cheddington and South Perrot, £5,923. Rated property of M. alone, £1,367. Pop., 380. Houses, 82. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to T. Hussey, Esq. Mosterton House was the seat of the Hood family; stands directly opposite the church; and was converted into an alehouse. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of South Perrot, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church was rebuilt in 1833, and has a tower. The old churchyard contains a tomb of the Hoods.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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: Beaminster Forum and Redhone
- Province: Canterbury