Winterbourne Zelstone Dorset Family History Guide

Winterbourne Zelstone is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

Alternative names: Marwood, Winterborne Zelston, Winterborne Zelstone, Zelstone Winterborne

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1548
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731

Nonconformists include: Presbyterian 

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WINTERBORNE-ZELSTONE, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; 3¼ miles WSW of Bailey-Gate r. station, and 6 S by E of Blandford. Post town, Blandford. Acres, 823. Real property, £1,311. Pop., 199. Houses, 42. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £258. Patron, J. J. Farquharson, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1866.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Dorset, Winterborne-Zelstone – Church records ( 3 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Winterborne-Zelstone., 1731-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Winterborne-Zelstone (Dorsetshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1784-1917
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Winterborne-Zelstone (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Winterborne-Zelstone, 1545-1993
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Winterborne-Zelstone (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

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: Rushmore
  • Province: Canterbury