Whitchurch Canonicorum Dorset Family History Guide

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Whitchurch Canonicorum is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset. Chideock, Stanton St Gabriel, and Marshwood are chapelries of Whitchurch Canonicorum.

Other places in the parish include: Berne, Wild Quarters, Wild, Vale, Morcombelake, Harcombe, Fishpond, Fish Pond Bottom, and Abbot’s Wootton.

Alternative names: Whitchurch Canonicorum with Stanton St Gabriel

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1730

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WHITCHURCH-CANONICORUM, a village, a parish, a sub-district, and a hundred, in Dorset. The village stands 5 miles WNW of Bridport r. station; took its name from an alien monastery called Album Monasterium, a cell to St. Wandragisil abbey in Normandy; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Bridport.

The parish includes four hamlets, and comprises 6,113 acres. Rated property, £4,765. Pop., 1,533. Houses, 336. The property is much subdivided.

The living is a vicarage, united with Chideock and with Stanton-St. Gabriel, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £739. Patron, the Bishop of S. The church is good; a chapel of ease is at Marshwood; and part of the parish is in Monckton-Wyld chapelry. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels, national schools, and charities £22.

The sub-district contains six parishes, and is in Bridport district. Acres, 15,259. Pop., 4,095. Houses, 902.

The hundred contains nine parishes and a part, and is in Bridport division. Acres, 20,734. Pop. in 1851, 5,686. Houses, 1,181.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Dorset, Whitchurch-Canonicorum – Cemeteries ( 1 )
Monumental inscriptions, St. Candida and Holy Cross, Whitchurch-Canonicorum, Dorset : recorded 1997-1998
Author: Somerset and Dorset Family History Society. West Dorset Group; Faulkner, Pat; Faulkner, Harold

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

England, Dorset, Whitchurch-Canonicorum – Census – 1811 ( 1 )
Census returns for the parish of Whitchurch-Canonicorum, 1811
Author: Whitchurch-Canonicorum (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Whitchurch-Canonicorum – Church records ( 6 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Monkton Wyld., 1851-1880
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Monkton Wyld (Dorsetshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Whitchurch-Canonicorum., 1730-1881
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitchurch-Canonicorum (Dorsetshire)

Church records, 1831-1837
Author: Independent Chapel (Morcombelake, Dorsetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1657-1939
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitchurch-Canonicorum (Dorsetshire)

Marriages at Whitchurch Canonicorum, 1538-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitchurch-Canonicorum (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Whitchurch-Canonicorum, 1558-1985
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitchurch-Canonicorum (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

England, Dorset, Whitchurch-Canonicorum – History ( 1 )
Dorset’s western vale
Author: Creed, Sylvia

England, Dorset, Whitchurch-Canonicorum – Land and property ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1738-1892
Author: Whitchurch-Canonicorum (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Whitchurch-Canonicorum – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court records for the manor of Whitchurch, 1440-1865
Author: Manor of Whitchurch. Court (Whitchurch-Canonicorum, Dorset)

England, Dorset, Whitchurch-Canonicorum – Military records – Militia ( 1 )
Militia papers, 1807-1812
Author: Whitchurch-Canonicorum (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Whitchurch-Canonicorum – Occupations ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1738-1892
Author: Whitchurch-Canonicorum (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Whitchurch-Canonicorum – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1738-1892
Author: Whitchurch-Canonicorum (Dorset)

England, Dorset, Whitchurch-Canonicorum – Taxation ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1738-1892
Author: Whitchurch-Canonicorum (Dorset)

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: Whitchurch Canonicorum
  • Province: Canterbury