Shipton George Dorset Family History Guide

Shipton George is a chapelry of Burton Bradstock Ancient Parish in Dorset.

Other places in the parish include: Broad Sturthill and St Luke.

Alternative names: Burton Bradstock St Martin, Shipton Gorge

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1813
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1745

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

• Walditch
• Askerswell
• Bothenhampton
• Burton Bradstock
• Loders
• Chilcombe

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SHIPTON-GEORGE, a parish, with a village, in Bridport district, Dorset; 2 miles E by S of Bridport r. station. Post town, Bridport. Acres, 1,528. Real property, with Burton-Bradstock, £6,436. Pop. of S.-G. alone, 413. Houses, 81.

The manor belongs to the Earl of Ilchester. S.-Beacon is a bill crowned with an irregular ancient camp, supposed to be Saxon.

The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Burton-Bradstock. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1862.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Dorset, Shipton-George – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Burton-Bradstock and Shipton-George., 1731-1879
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Burton-Bradstock (Dorsetshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Shipton-George (Dorsetshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Shipton-George., 1745-1879
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Shipton-George (Dorsetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1749-1920
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Shipton-George (Dorsetshire)

Marriages at Burton Bradstock with Shipton Gorge, 1614-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Burton-Bradstock (Dorsetshire); Church of England. Parish Church of Shipton-George (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Burton-Bradstock, 1614-1990
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Burton-Bradstock (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

Parish registers for Shipton-George, 1813-1967
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Shipton-George (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

England, Dorset, Shipton-George – Military records – Militia ( 1 )
Militia papers, 1780-1806
Author: Shipton-George (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Shipton-George – Occupations ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1733-1858
Author: Shipton-George (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Shipton-George – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Overseers of the poor account books, 1749-1836
Author: Shipton-George (Dorset)

Poor law records, 1733-1858
Author: Shipton-George (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Shipton-George – Public records ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1733-1858
Author: Shipton-George (Dorset)

Maps

OS Grid Reference: SY4963291581 (all-numeric format: 349632 91582)

Administration

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