Turnworth, Dorset Family History Guide

Turnworth is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

Other places in the parish include: Thornicombe.

Alternative names: Turnwood

Parish church: St. Mary

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1577
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731

Nonconformists include:

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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

TURNWORTH, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; 4½ miles WNW of Blandford r. station. It has a Post office under Blandford. Acres, 1,560. Real property, £1,133. Pop., 150. Houses, 22. The manor belongs to W. P. Okeden, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £160. Patron, the Bishop of S. The church was recently restored.

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

A Topographical Dictionary of England 1848

TURNWORTH (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Blandford, hundred of Cranborne, Blandford division of Dorset, 5 miles (W. by N.) from Blandford; containing 89 inhabitants. It comprises by computation 1560a. 1r. 39p., of which 528 acres are arable, 805 pasture, 95 woodland, 17 orchard and garden, and 88 waste. The living is a rectory, valued in the king’s books at £10. 12. 3., and in the gift of the Bishop of Salisbury: the tithes have been commuted for £125, and the glebe contains 25 acres.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis 1848

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Administration

County: Dorset
Civil Registration District: Blandford
Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
Diocese: Salisbury
Rural Deanery: Whitchurch
Poor Law Union: Blandford
Hundred: Cranborne
Province: Canterbury