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"ALMER (ST. MARY), a parish, in the union of BLANDFORD, hundred of LOOSEBARROW, Wimborne division of DORSET, 5¾ miles (S. S. E.) from Blandford-Forum; containing, with the hamlet of Mapperton, 189 inhabitants. It comprises 1129 acres of land, presenting a flat appearance; the soil is light, with a chalk and gravel bottom. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £13. 5. 8., and in the patronage of the family of Drax: the tithes have been commuted for £265, and the glebe consists of 35 acres. The church is a small edifice, built by General Erle." Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, 7th edition, 1848. Transcribed by Nigel Batty-Smith ©2014
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| St. Mary, Almer, Church of England |
- Michael Day provides photographs and bibliography for Almer (St. Mary) on his Dorset Churches website
- The Dorset History Centre hold the Parish Registers for Almer:
Baptisms: 1539 - 1990 Marriages: 1538 - 1836 Burials: 1538 - 1993 Banns: 1825 - 1975
- A description of Almer from the Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5 is available on the UK Genealogy Archives site
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"MAPPERTON, a hamlet in the parish of Almer, hundred of Loosebarrow, county Dorset, 5 miles S.E. of BlandfordForum."
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Almer to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Almer pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY913989 (Lat/Lon: 50.789602, -2.124791), Almer which are provided by:
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- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.