Stockwood Dorset Family History Guide

Stockwood is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

Alternative names: Stoke

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1813
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1585

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

STOCKWOOD, a parish in Sherborne district, Dorset; 2 miles S by W of Yetminster. station. Post town, Sherborne. Acres, 692. Real property, £1,177. Pop., 60. Houses, 9. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £160. Patron, Mrs. E. Matthews.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Dorset, Stockwood – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Stockwood., 1585-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stockwood (Dorsetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1799-1910
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stockwood (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Stockwood, 1813-1937
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Stockwood (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

England, Dorset, Stockwood – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Stockwood, Dorset, England

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: Sutton Poyntz Liberty
  • Province: Canterbury