Shaftesbury St James Dorset Family History Guide

Shaftesbury St James is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

Other places in the parish include: Alcester.

Alternative names: Shaftesbury All Saints, Shaftesbury St Edward, Shaftesbury St John, Shaston St James

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1559
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731

Nonconformists include: Society of Friends/Quaker and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

• Melbury Abbas
• Motcombe
• Shaftesbury St Peter
• Fontmell Magna
• Shaftesbury Holy Trinity
• Stour Provost
• Compton Abbas
• Margaret Marsh
• Shaftesbury St Rumbold

Parish History

See Shaftesbury Dorset Family History Guide

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

ALCESTER, a liberty in the parish of St. James Shaftesbury, within the parliamentary borough of Shaftesbury, but without the municipal borough, Dorset. Pop., 342. Houses, 76.

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

Parish Registers

Marriage Allegations

The following people have been recorded in the Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837.

BROUGHTON, John, of Tottenham, co. Middlesex, & Jane Jenkins, of St. James,
Shaftesbury, co. Dorset, 23 June, 1833. Aff. [ Sworn before Benjamin Donne, Surrogate, at Shaftesbury ].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Alcester

England, Dorset, Alcester – Land and property ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Alcester, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Alcester – Taxation ( 1 )
Land tax assessments for Alcester, 1781-1832
Author: Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Dorset)

Shaftesbury St James

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

England, Dorset, Shaftesbury – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for St. James’ Church, Shaftesbury, 1731-1880
Author: Church of England. St. James’ Church (Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for St. James’ Church, Shaftesbury, 1559-1970
Author: Church of England. St. James’ Church (Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1849-1899
Author: Church of England. St. James’ Church (Shaftesbury, Dorsetshire)

Administration

• County: Dorset
• Civil Registration District: Shaftsbury
• Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
• Diocese: Salisbury
• Rural Deanery: Shaftesbury
• Poor Law Union: Shaftesbury
• Hundred: Shaftesbury Borough
• Province: Canterbury