Portland St John Dorset Family History Guide

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Portland St John is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Dorset, created in 1841 from Portland Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Fortunes Well, Fortuneswell

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1840
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

Portland St John

See Portland Dorset Family History Guide

Fortuneswell

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

FORTUNESWELL, a village in Portland parish, Dorset: 3¼ miles S of Weymouth. It stands connected with Chesilton; occupies higher ground; has a post office under Weymouth, and a good inn; and takes its name from a spring on a height behind the inn, 200 feet above sea-level. This height rises altogether to an altitude of 490 feet, and commands a splendid panoramic view, inclusive of the Chesil Bank.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Dorset, Fortuneswell – Church records ( 1 )
Births and baptisms, 1796-1837; burials, 1818-1837
Author: Wesleyan Church (Fortuneswell, England)

England, Dorset, Fortuneswell – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Parish register printouts of Fortuneswell, Dorset, England (Wesleyan) ; christenings, 1798-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Maps

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

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: Isle of Portland Liberty
  • Province: Canterbury