Wooland Dorset Family History Guide

Wooland is an Ancient Parish in the county of Dorset.

Alternative names: Woolland

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1726
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1731

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Milton Abbas
• Ibberton
• Stoke Wake
• Hazelbury Bryan
• Hilton
• Belchalwell

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

WOOLLAND, a parish in Sturminster district, Dorset; 4¼ miles SW of Shillingstone r. station, and 7 W by N of Blandford. It has a post-office under Blandford. Acres, 1,098. Real property, with Ibberton, £3,185. Pop., 132. Houses, 27. The manor belongs to M. Williams, Esq. The living is a donative in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, not reported. Patron, M. Williams, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1857. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

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

England, Dorset, Woolland – Church records ( 2 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Woolland., 1731-1880
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Woolland (Dorsetshire)

Parish registers for Woolland, 1727-1998
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Woolland (Dorsetshire); Dorset Record Office

England, Dorset, Woolland – Probate records ( 1 )
Probate records, 1683-1811
Author: Church of England. Peculiar Court of Milton-Abbas (Dorsetshire)

Administration

• County: Dorset
• Civil Registration District: Sturminster
• Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Milton Abbas
• Diocese: Salisbury
• Rural Deanery: Whitchurch
• Poor Law Union: Sturminster
• Hundred: Whiteway
• Province: Canterbury