Shaftesbury St Rumbold Dorset Family History Guide

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

Alternative names: Shaston St Rumbold, Cann, Cann St Rumbold

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1563
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1732

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

See Shaftesbury Dorset Family History Guide

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.

ANDREWS, Thomas, of Vernham , farmer, 21, b., & Elizabeth Sharp, of Hurstbourne Tarrant, w., at H. T., 22 Dec., 1790. Jeremiah Andrews, of Cann, co. Dorset, bondsman.

Bowles, Charles, of Cann St. Rumbold, co. Dorset, gent., 25, b., & Henrietta Holloway, of St. Maurice, Winchester, 22, sp., at St. M., 9 May, 1791.

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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England, Dorset, Shaston-St. Rumbold

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

England, Dorset, Cann – Church records ( 5 )
Baptisms, 1843-1932
Author: Shaftesbury and Gillingham Circuit (Wesleyan Methodist)

Bishop’s transcripts for Cann, 1732-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cann (Dorsetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1793-1871
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cann (Dorsetshire)

Marriages, births, and deaths of Shaston, 1742-1793
Author: Society of Friends. Monthly Meeting of Shaftesbury (England)

Parish registers for Cann, 1563-1969
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Cann (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

England, Dorset, Cann – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1814-1843
Author: Cann (Dorset)

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: Sixpenny Hadley
  • Province: Canterbury