Over Compton Dorset Family History Guide

Over Compton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1726
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1579

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Presbyterian.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

COMPTON (Over), a parish in Sherborne district, Dorset; at the boundary with Wilts, 2½ miles ENE of Yeovil r. station, and 3½ W by N of Sherborne. Post town, Compton, under Sherborne.

Acres, 788. Real property, £1, 983. Pop., 150. Houses, 29. The property is all in one estate. Over Compton House is the seat of John Goodden, Esq.

The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Nether Compton, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church is good.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Dorset, Over Compton – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Over Compton, 1579-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Over Compton (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Over Compton, 1726-1996
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Over Compton (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

England, Dorset, Over Compton – History ( 1 )
Over and Nether Compton : records & traditions of two Dorset parishes
Author: Sandison, Annette

Maps

OS Grid Reference: ST5897416986 (all-numeric format: 358974 116986)

Vision of Britain historical mapsOS maps
Ordnance SurveyOS maps
National Library of ScotlandOS maps

Administration

  • County: Dorset
  • Civil Registration District: Sherborne
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Dean of Salisbury
  • Diocese: Salisbury
  • Rural Deanery: Pre-1847 – None, Post-1846 – Shaftesbury
  • Poor Law Union: Sherborne
  • Hundred: Sherborne
  • Province: Canterbury