Wool Dorset Family History Guide
WOOL, a parish, with three hamlets, in Wareham district, Dorset; on the river Frome, and on the Southampton and Dorchester railway, 5½ miles W by S of Wareham1.
Wool Ecclesiastical Parish, in the county of Dorset, was created in 1844 from a chapelry in Coombe Keynes Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Bovington Camp and Bindon Abbey.
Alternative names:
Parish church: Holy Rood
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1583
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1733
Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Roman Catholic, and Wesleyan Methodist.
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
Wool
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WOOL, a parish, with three hamlets, in Wareham district, Dorset; on the river Frome, and on the Southampton and Dorchester railway, 5½ miles W by S of Wareham.
It has a post-office under Wareham, a r. station, and a fair on 14 May. Acres, 2,550. Real property, with Coombe-Keynes, £3,743. Pop., 590. Houses, 117. The manor belongs to J. Weld, Esq. A Cistertian abbey was founded at Great Bindon, in 1172, by R. de Newburgh.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £80. Patron, the Bishop of S. The church was restored in 1866.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Bindon
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
BINDON, a hamlet in Wool parish, and a liberty in Cerne, Wareham, and Wimborne divisions, Dorset. The hamlet lies on the river Frome, and on the Southwestern railway, ½ a mile E of Wool station, and 5 W by S of Wareham.
A Cistertian Abbey was founded here, in 1172, by Robert de Newburgh; was given, at the dissolution, to Thomas, Lord Poynings; descended to the Earl of Suffolk; and was sold to the family of Weld. The remains of it, in foundation walls of the church, have been cleared out, and include part of the tomb of one of the abbots; and some features of the grounds connected with it, in canals, fish ponds, and shady walks, amid thick wood, have been restored to their original state.
The materials of the buildings were carried off for the construction of Lulworth Castle, the seat of Lords Suffolk and the Welds. Bindon Hill, in the vicinity, towards the coast, has sand cliffs, succeeded by snowy precipices.
The liberty includes the parishes of Wool and Chaldon-Herring, and parts of three other parishes; but its limits, in some directions, are not defined.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Protestation Returns for Dorset 1641-2
The Protestation Returns of 1641–1642 are lists of English males over the age of 18 who took, or did not take, an oath of allegiance “to live and die for the true Protestant religion, the liberties and rights of subjects and the privilege of Parliaments.”
B.K. 1.— Bindon Liberty
David Baker senior
David Baker junior
Thomas Baker
Oliver Baker
John Baker
Henry Hills
William Culliford
Jeffery Tomes
Edward Bartlet
John Battrick
Henry Lillington
John Stroode
Thomas Sea
Roger Collier
Roger Seamer
Nicolas Ham
John Hazzard
Anthoni Vie
Thomas Gregorie
Williaam Stroode
Bartholomew Brine
John Slade
Joseph Lillington
Briant Randall
John Sea
ffrancis Sea
Edmond Stacie
Richard Randall
William Seabrough
Thomas Cutler
John Edwards
William Cutler
Thomas Bagwell
Charles Speede
Henry Hendie
Thomas Gilbert
John Lillington
William Bent
John Stroode
Edward Sennock
Edmond Stacy
John Tomes
David Tomes
John Albions
William Collins
John Parker
Richard Randoll
Edward ffarre
B.K. 2 Wool Pish
Edward Galton Clerke
Thomas Gill, Church Warding
Thomas Austen, Church Warding
John Mountyer, ouseer
Thomas Peny, ouseer
Nicolas Russell
Georg Smith
Georg Goold
John Smith
John Holmore
William ffurmag
Briant Duey
Roger Duey
John Gille
John Gille
Hugh Rogers
Thomas Smedmore
Nicolas Brasfell
William Vruen
John Vruen
William Edwards
John Burtt
Hirculas Hecore
John Jacob
Thomas Hancoke
Robert Reape
ffrancis Seckstane
Thomas Hill
Nicolas Georg
Robert Georg
William Bascome
ffrancis Hoder
Thomas Moores
Thomas ffurmag
Henry Sea
Robert Hayt
Nicoles Hickes
Thomas Hayt
John Edward
Thomas Bearens
William Peny
John Buttash
William Adames
William Salter
Thomas Coolie
William Colle
William Hurst
Thomas Spring
William Hoodder
Thomas Austen
William Meade
Thomas Mountyer
Thomas Mountyer
Robert Duey
Henry Goold
Henry Bascom
William Woodman
Richard Talboot
Thomas Pecks
Robert Goold
William Adames
William Bascom
William Duey
John Bascome
Andrew Hoodges
Nathan Hardyng
John Taboott
Gyles Hardyng
Robert Bande
Georg Mullinges
John Roolle
Thomas Arney
William Georg
John Trew
ffrancis Weells
Robert Hill
William Hill
John Colling
Richard Pirame
Henry Hurst
Georg Smedmore
Richard Lillington
Georg Hayt
Thomas Moulume
Georg Standly
one Seueris Standly
William Snooke
John Steventon
John Snooke
Henry Ceatt
All within the pish of wool have Taken this ptestacion as was by athority Commaunded Ministered by me John Galton vicar of Comb-kaynes and wooll
Wittnes
Thomas Gill, Church warding
Thomas Austen, Church warding
Thomas Penny, ouseers for ye poore
John Mounteer, ouseers for ye poore
Parish Registers
Marriage Allegations
The following people have been recorded in the Hampshire Allegations for Marriage Licences granted by the Bishop of Winchester 1689 to 1837.
BROOKMAN, James, of Woolbridge [ sic ? Wool], co. Dorset, collar maker, & Mary Churcher, sp., at Winnall, or St. Maurice, or St. Thomas, Winchester, 24 Apl., 1727.
Parish Records
FamilySearch
Directories
Kelly’s Directory of Dorsetshire 1880
The following has been extracted from Kelly’s Directory of Dorsetshire 1880
WOOL is a parish, village, and station on the Dorchester branch of the South Western railway, in Wareham petty sessional division, the liberty of Bindon, hundred of Rushmore, union of Wareham and Purbeck, county court district of Wareham, diocese of Salisbury, archdeaconry of Dorset and rural deanery of Dorchester third portion, 130miles from London and 5½ west from Wareham, on the river Frome.
The register dates from 1735 for baptisms, and for burials from 1744.
The parish was formerly annexed to the vicarage of Combe Keynes but is now separate. The parish includes Bovington 1½ miles north-west. Great Bindon half a mile east and Wood Street 1 mile south-east.
Parish Clerk George Runyard
Post Office – Mrs Sarah Bascombe, receiver. Letters through the Wareham office. Telegraph office at the railway station. The nearest money order office is at Wareham.
Schools were erected in 1871 by the late E. J. Weld esq & public subscription
National School, Miss Mary Ann White, mistress
Railway Station, Edward Tinsley, station master
Budden William, The Firs
Carter Mrs
Granger William Slocombe, Spring-field cottage
Hartley Rev Arthur Robert M.A. Vicarage
COMMERCIAL
Allen William, tailor
Bascombe George, builder
Bascombe Henry, baker
Bascombe Sarah (Mrs)., grocer & baker & post office
Davis Thomas hurdle maker
Dorey Ethelbert shoe maker & Shopkpr
Dorey Richard farmer
Fookes William farmer
Goodwin Eliza Mrs grocer & draper
Granger William Slocombe surgeon Springfield cottage
Hansford Samuel dairyman Bovington
House William hurdle maker
Hyde Charles farmer
James James carpenter
Langford Henry draper & grocer
Lucas William miller & farmer Bindon
May Edward Black Bear & coal mer
Morris George hurdle maker
Plomer Frederick Walter saddler & harness maker
Ricketts Charles blacksmith
Runyard George carpenter
Runyard William farmer
Scott Thomas dairyman
Spicer Charles shoe maker
Spicer William farmer Bovington
Symonds Mary (Miss) dress maker
Symonds William baker
Source: Kelly’s directory of Hampshire, Dorsetshire, Wiltshire (the Isle of Wight, and the Channel Islands). By Kelly’s directories, ltd · 1880
Administration
- County: Dorset
- Civil Registration District: Wareham
- Probate Court: Court of the Archdeaconry of Dorset
- Diocese: Salisbury
- Rural Deanery: Dorchester
- Poor Law Union: Wareham and Purbeck
- Hundred: Bindon Liberty
- Province: Canterbury
1. Kelly’s directory of Hampshire, Dorsetshire, Wiltshire (the Isle of Wight, and the Channel Islands). By Kelly’s directories, ltd · 1880