North Wootton Dorset Family History Guide

North Wootton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Dorset, created in 1812 from a chapelry in Sherborne Ancient Parish.

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Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1585

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WOOTTON (North), a parish in Sherborne district, Dorset; 1½ mile SSE of Sherborne r. station. Post town, Sherborne. Acres, 619. Real property, £767. Pop., 76. Houses, 17. The manor belongs to G. D. W. Digby, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £51. Patron, G. D. W. Digby, Esq. The church is tolerable.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Dorset, North Wootton – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for North Wooton., 1585-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of North Wooton (Dorsetshire)

The parish register of North Wootton, Dorset : from the year 1539 to the year 1786
Author: Mayo, Charles Herbert, 1845-1929; Church of England. Parish Church of North Wooton (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for North Wooton, 1538-1971
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of North Wooton (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

England, Dorset, North Wootton – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Parish register printouts of North Wootten, Dorset, England ; christenings, 1539-1785
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of North Wootton, Dorset, England ; marriages, 1569-1760
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Administration

  • County: Dorset
  • Civil Registration District: Sherborne
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Salisbury
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Shaftesbury
  • Poor Law Union: Sherborne
  • Hundred: Sherborne
  • Province: Canterbury