Winterbourne Monkton Dorset Family History Guide
Winterbourne Monkton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
Alternative names: Monkton, Winterborne Monckton, Winterborne Monkton
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1754
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731
Nonconformists include: PresbyterianÂ
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Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WINTERBOURNE-MONKTON, a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset; 1¾ mile SSW of Dorchester r. station. Post town, Dorchester. Acres, 631. Real property, £910. Pop., 86. Houses, 18. An alien priory, a cell to Cluny abbey, was founded here in the time of King John. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £157. Patron, the Earl of Ilchester. The church is good.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Dorchester
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Dorchester
- Poor Law Union: Dorchester
- Hundred: Culliford Tree
- Province: Canterbury