Symondsbury with Eype and Broadoak Dorset Family History Guide
Symondsbury with Eype and Broadoak is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
Other places in the parish include: Eype, Higher and Lower Eype, Higher Eype, Lower Eype, Broadock, and Broadoak.
Alternative names: Symondsbury, Symmondsbury
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1558
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731
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Adjacent Parishes
- Allington
- Netherbury
- Bridport
- Bothenhampton
- Whitchurch Canonicorum
- Marshwood
- Burton Bradstock
- Loders
- Chideock
Parish History
Symondsbury
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SYMONDSBURY, a parish in Bridport district, Dorset; 1½ mile W by N of Bridport r. station. Post town, Bridport. Acres, 3,925; of which 100 are water. Rated property, £6,437. Pop., 1,352. Houses, 281. The property is much subdivided.
The manor belongs to the Earl of Ilchester. There are ferruginous springs.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £969. Patron, Mrs. Bower. The parochial church is early English and cruciform. Two churches were recently erected at Broadock and Eype.
There are partially endowed schools, and charities £19.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Broadoak
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BROADOCK, a place in Symondsbury parish, Dorset; near Bridport. A church was built here in 1866.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Migration From Symondsbury, Dorset, To New England In 1635
On 20th March, 1635-6, there sailed from Weymouth, Dorset, a party of Emigrants to New England, some 106 in number, derived, it would appear, chiefly, if not wholly, from Somerset and Dorset. The places where they resided, so far as they are mentioned, are Batcombe, Broadway and Dinder in Somerset, and a place called “Simstuly” in Dorset.
It is with those starting from the latter place that the present note is concerned. The list, which is preserved in the Public Record Office, London, is printed in J. C. Hotten’s “Original Lists” of those who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations from 1600 to 1700.
Simstuly is, without doubt, a mistake or misreading for Simsbury, a shortened form of Simondsbury or Symondsbury, near Bridport, and this is corroborated by reference to the Parish Register. The list runs as follows :
“Dorset. 98. Richard Wade of Simstuly Cop [Cooper] aged 60
99. Elizabeth Wade his wife 6
100. Dinah his daughr 22
101. Henry Lush his s’vant aged 17
102. Andrew Hallett his s’vaunt 28
103. John Hoble husbandm 13
104. Robt. Huste husbandm 40
105. John Woodcooke 2
106. Rich. Porter husband [man] 3
Some of the ages here are evidently erroneous.
Richard Wade appears among the Symondsbury baptisms 7th January, 1573, as Rychard Wade the sonne of John Wad [sic], but his marriage and the baptism of his daughter Dinah are not found. The name of Wade is, however, of frequent occurrence in the Register at this time.
Henry Lush, the sonne of Robert Lush, was baptised 3rd January, 1618, and the entry of the marriage of Robart Lushe and Elizabeth Whit, the parents, occurs on 13th January 1605.
Androwe Hallet, the sonne of Androwe Hallet and Betrix his wyfe, was baptized 19th May, 1607, and the entry of the marriage of Androwe Hallet and Betryx Knote, the parents, occurs on 18th December, 1598.
John Woodcocke’s name is found among the marriages, first, on 12th October, 1613, when he married Matte Hounsell, the daughter of Andrew Hounsell, and again on 3rd January, 1631-2, when he married Christian Larkam.
The names of John Hoble, Robert Huste, and Richard Porter do not occur, but the marriage of a Robert Hoble and Agnes Morley is recorded in the Register of Allington, an adjoining parish, 12th October, 1616, and of an Edward Hoble and Elizabeth Martin, 7th April, 1573, so that this surname can also be traced to the same locality.
These few notes may prove useful to our American Readers, and will indicate to them the line on which further research may be pursued.
We are much indebted to Mr. R. C. Maunsell for the entries of baptisms from the Symondsbury Register. The marriages are already printed in Vol. II. of Phillimore’s Dorset Marriage Registers.
Source: Notes & queries for Somerset and Dorset Vol. XII September 1911
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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: Bridport Borough; Whitchurch Canonicorum
- Province: Canterbury