Thornford, Dorset Family History Guide
Thornford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
Alternative names:
Parish church: St. Mary Magdalene
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1676
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1579
Nonconformists include: Christians
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
THORNFORD, a parish in Sherborne district, Dorset; 3¼ miles SW of Sherborne r. station. Post town, Sherborne. Acres, 1,407. Real property, £2,267. Pop., 415. Houses, 80. Most of the property is in one estate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £200. Patron, G. D. W. Digby, Esq. The church was restored in 1866.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848
THORNFORD (St. Mary Magdalene), a parish, in the union and hundred of Sherborne, Sherborne division of Dorset, 3 miles (S. W.) from Sherborne; containing 394 inhabitants, and comprising 1300 acres. The road from Sherborne to Evershot runs through the parish. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king’s books at £6. 17. 3.; net income, £200; patron, Earl Digby: the glebe contains about 28 acres, with a house. The church was anciently a chapel dependent on Sherborne Abbey. The Wesleyans have a place of worship.
Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848
Thornford Parish Registers
The Registers of Thornford Co. Dorset 1677 to 1812 by Fry, Edw. Alex. (Edward Alexander), ed; Fry, George Samuel, 1853- joint ed; British Record Society. The Register, Index Publisher: The Editors of Dorset Records Date of publication: 1903 – This book is a free download from Parishmouse
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: Sherborne
- Province: Canterbury