Woodsford Dorset Family History Guide
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Woodsford is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.
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Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1678
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731
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The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WOODSFORD, a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset: 1½ mile NW by W of Moreton r. station, and 4¾ E of Dorchester. Post town, Dorchester. Acres, 1,742. Real property, £1,596. Pop., 193. Houses, 36. The property belongs to the Earl of Ilchester. Guido de Brient’s castle is here, and has been converted into a farmhouse, and partially restored. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £250. Patron, H. G. Sturt, Esq. The church’s chancel was recently rebuilt.
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: Winfrith
- Province: Canterbury



















































































