Dorset Bloghttp://www.parishmouse.com/dorset/en-GB2010-08-01T08:51:48ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Yetminster Dorset Lewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845http://www.parishmouse.com/dorset/2009/5/17/yetminster-dorset-lewis-topographical-dictionary-of-england.htmlSally2009-05-17T20:44:36ZLewis Topographical Dictionary of England 1845 YetminsterYETMINSTER (ST. ANDREW), a parish, and formerly a market-town, in the union of SHERBORNE, hundred of YETMINSTER, Sherborne division of DORSET, 5 ¼ miles (S. W.) from Sherborne; containing, with the chapelries of Chetnole and Leigh, 1246 inhabitants, of whom 628 are in Yetminster township. This parish, which lies on the western border of the county, and gives name to the hundred, comprises by measurement 1575 acres : there are quarries of good limestone, and of a very hard freestone for building. The village, situated near the river Ivel, consists of a long well-built street, having still the appearance of a town. In the year 1300, the Bishop of Sarum obtained a grant from Edward I. for a market and fair, which was confirmed by Richard II., but the market has long been disused, and fairs are now held on April 23rd and October 1st. The living is a discharged vicarage, in the patronage of the Prebendary of Yetminster in the Cathedral of Salisbury (the appropriator), valued in the king’s books at £20. 14. 7. : the great tithes have been commuted for £160, and the vicarial for £250; the glebe consists of garden and orchard ground .attached to the glebe-house. The church is a large ancient structure, with a lofty square embattled tower crowned by pinnacles. There are chapels of ease at Leigh and Chetnole. The Hon. Robert Boyle, in 1699, bequeathed an estate now producing more than £70- per annum, for teaching 26 boys; the master has a house, with a garden and orchard.

Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis Fifth Edition Published London; by S. Lewis and Co., 13, Finsbury Place, South. M. DCCC. XLV.

]]>Wyldecourt Dorset Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/dorset/2009/4/8/wyldecourt-dorset-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wales-ci.htmlSally2009-04-08T02:32:11ZImperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870 WyldecourtWyldecourt, a tything in Hawkchurch parish, Dorset; 5 miles NE of Axminster. Acres, 2,110. Pop., 216. Houses, 48.

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

]]>West Chickerell Dorset Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/dorset/2009/4/8/west-chickerell-dorset-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wal.htmlSally2009-04-08T02:31:22ZImperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870 West ChickerellCHICKERELL (west), a parish in Weymouth district, Dorset; on the coast, at the East Fleet, 3 miles N W by W of Weymouth town and r. station. It includes the tythings of East Chickerell and Putton; and has a post-office under Weymouth. Acres, 1,812; of which 280 are water. Real property, £2,620. Pop., 660. Houses, 143. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £320. Patrons, the Duke of Cleveland and the Dowager Countess of Sandwich. The church is tolerable.

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

]]>Sherford Dorset Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/dorset/2009/4/8/sherford-dorset-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wales-circ.htmlSally2009-04-08T02:30:18ZImperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870 SherfordSHERFORD, a hamlet in Morden parish, Dorset; 5 ½ miles N of Wareham.

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

]]>Sherborne Dorset Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/dorset/2009/4/8/sherborne-dorset-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wales-cir.htmlSally2009-04-08T02:28:48ZImperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870 SherborneSHERBORNE, a town, a parish, a district, a hundred, and a division, in Dorset. The town stands on a hill-slope, and on the London, Yeovil, and Exeter railway, 5 ½ miles E of Yeovil; was known to the Saxons as Sciraburn; acquired an abbey or minster before 700; was the seat of a bishopric from 705 till 1075, when the see was removed to Sarum; suffered devastation by Sweyn the Dane, in 1003; was given by William the Conqueror to Osmund de Sels, afterwards Bishop of Sarum, who built a castle at it; passed to successively the Crown, the Montacutes, the Duke of Somerset, Sir Walter Raleigh, Prince Henry, and the Digbys; sent members to parliament in the time of Edward III.; became an important seat of trade before the time of Henry VIII.; was described by Leland as, in his time, ” the most frequented town in the county;” sustained a siege of 16 days, resulting in capture and in the demolition of its castle, by Fairfax, in 1645; gave lodging for a night to the Prince of Orange, on his way to London in 1688; numbers, among its natives, Bishop Winniffe who died in 1584, the engineer Engelbert who died in 1634, and the theologian Dr. Towers who died in 1799; is now a seat of sessions, and a polling-place; publishes a weekly newspaper; comprises several good streets, regularly aligned; includes a market-place, with an ancient conduit; and has a head post-office, a r. station with telegraph, two banking-offices, three chief inns, a poor town-hall, a splendid church, three dissenting chapels, a recently-formed ultra-mural cemetery, an endowed grammar school with £883 a-year, three other endowed schools with £70, £40, and £25, national and British schools, an ancient endowed alms-house hospital with £666 a-year, a recent handsome hospital called Yeatman’s, a workhouse, and general charities £207. ]]>Nelson Fort Dorset Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/dorset/2009/4/8/nelson-fort-dorset-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wales-c.htmlSally2009-04-08T02:27:56ZImperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870 Nelson FortNELSON-FORT, a signal-station on the coast of Dorset; at the entrance of Lulworth Cove.

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

]]>Muckleford Dorset Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/dorset/2009/4/8/muckleford-dorset-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wales-ci.htmlSally2009-04-08T02:27:05ZImperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870 MucklefordMUCKLEFORD, a hamlet in Bradford parish, Dorset; 4 ¼ miles NW of Dorchester. Pop., 109.

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

]]>Hambledon Hill Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/dorset/2009/4/8/hambledon-hill-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wales-circa.htmlSally2009-04-08T02:25:49ZHambledon Hill Hamilton Hill Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870Hambledon Hill, or Hamilton Hill, an eminence in Dorset; on the left side of the river Stour, 5 miles NW by of Blandford–Forum. It outlies the chalk; has a bold outline; and is crowned by an extensive fortification, with two ramparts and ditches, strengthened, on different points, by advanced works. Roman coins have been found here.

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

]]>East Chickerell Dorset Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/dorset/2009/4/8/east-chickerell-dorset-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wal.htmlSally2009-04-08T02:24:58ZEast Chickerell Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870CHICKERELL (east), a tything in West Chickerell parish, Dorset. Real property, with Putton, £1,050. Pop., 24.

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

]]>Eype Dorset Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870http://www.parishmouse.com/dorset/2009/4/8/eype-dorset-imperial-gazetteer-of-england-and-wales-circa-18.htmlSally2009-04-08T02:24:15ZEype Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales Circa 1870Eype, (Higher and Lower), a hamlet in Dorset, 1 mile SW of Bridport.

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

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