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"BATCOMBE (ST. MARY), a parish, in the union of CERNE, hundred of YETMINSTER, Cerne division of DORSET, 3 miles (N. W. by W.) from Cerne-Abbas, containing 171 inhabitants. It comprises by computation 1149 acres, of which 172 are arable, 539 pasture, 28 orchard, 27 woodland, and 383 common: the soil is a deep black mould. The living is a discharged rectory, united in 1772 to that of Froome-Vauchurch, and valued in the king's books at £9. 9. 9½.: the tithes have been commuted for £130, and there are 45 acres of glebe. The church is a handsome structure in the early English style, with a finely carved roof of oak, and a square tower; on the north side is a private aisle for sepulture, anciently belonging to the family of Minterne." Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, 7th edition, 1848. Transcribed by Nigel Batty-Smith ©2014
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- Michael Day provides photographs and bibliography for Batcombe (St. Mary) on his Dorset Churches website
- The Dorset History Centre hold the Parish Registers for Batcombe:
Baptisms: 1800 - 1808 Marriages: 1767 - 1938 Burials: 1799 - 1991 Banns: 1825 - 1943
- A description of Batcombe 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
"NEWLAND, a tything in the parish of Batcombe, county Dorset, 6 miles S.E. of Sherborne."
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Batcombe to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Batcombe pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST618040 (Lat/Lon: 50.834131, -2.543464), Batcombe which are provided by:
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- 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)
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