Osmington Dorset Family History Guide
Osmington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
Other places in the parish include: Ringstead, Upton, and Osmington Mills.
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Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1691
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
OSMINGTON, a village and a parish in Weymouth district, Dorset. The village stands in a wooded valley among lofty hills, ¾ of a mile N of the coast, and 4 N E of Weymouth r. station; dates from ancient times, and was named after St. Osmund; is now a small but pretty place; and has a post-office under Weymouth.
The parish contains also the hamlets of Osmington-Mills, Ringstead, and Upton; and comprises 2, 182 acres of land, and 125 of water. Real property, £2, 513. Pop.in 1851, 485; in 1861, 448. Houses, 93. The property is subdivided. The manor belonged to King Athelstane, and was given by him to Milton abbey. O. House is the seat of Major Wood. A peculiar kind of excellent building-stone is extensively worked. A figure of George III. on horseback is cut on the steep slope of a chalkhill; occupies nearly an acre; and serves as a landmark to ships at sea.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £252. Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. The church was rebuilt and enlarged in 1846; retains the tower of the previous church; and contains a very ancient monument of the Warhams.
There are a parochial school, and charities £10.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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OS Grid Reference: SY7238683039 (all-numeric format: 372386 83039)
Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Weymouth
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Dorchester
- Poor Law Union: Weymouth
- Hundred: Culliford Tree
- Province: Canterbury