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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Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

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].

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

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

Parish registers for Woodsford, 1678-1993
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Woodsford (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

Parish registers of Dorset County, England
Author: Knapp, O. G. (Oswald Greenwaye), b. 1859; Bartelot, R. Grosvenor (Richard Grosvenor); Giejer, E. N.; Wall, F.; Society of Genealogists (London)

England, Dorset, Woodsford – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Woodsford, Dorsetshire, England

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