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Beer Hackett

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"BEER-HACKET (ST. MICHAEL), a parish, in the union and hundred of SHERBORNE, Sherborne division of DORSET, 5 miles (S. W. by S.) from Sherborne; containing 103 inhabitants, and comprising 907 acres, of which 53 are common or waste. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £6. 2. 8½., and in the gift of the family of Munden, and W. Helyer, Esq., the latter of whom has every fourth presentation: the tithes have been commuted for £164, and the glebe consists of 38 acres."  Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, 7th edition, 1848. Transcribed by Nigel Batty-Smith ©2014

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Church History

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Church Records

  • The Dorset History Centre hold the Parish Registers for Beer Hackett:
    Baptisms: 1549-1630, 1640­1646, 1659-1671, 1696-1745, 1773­1993 Marriages: 1549-1630, 1641, 1662-1671, 1696­1745, 1757-1992 Burials: 1549-1630, 1640­ 1646, 1659-1671, 1686, 1696-1745, 1773-1812, 1814­1993 (DHC Ref: PE/BEH)
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Description & Travel

  • A description of Beer Hackett from the Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5 is available on the UK Genealogy Archives site
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Gazetteers

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"BEER HACKETT, a parish in the hundred of Sherborne in the county of Dorset, 4 miles to the S.W. of Sherborne, and 4 S.E. from Yeovil railway station. It is situated on a small river, and is but thinly inhabited. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury, value £201, in the patronage of Sir J. Munden and W. Helyar, Esq., alternately; it is a peculiar of the Dean of Salisbury, and is exempt from visitation. The church is dedicated to St. Michael."

"KNIGHTON, a hamlet in the parish of Beer Hackett, county Dorset, 5 miles S.W. of Sherborne."

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Genealogy

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST599118 (Lat/Lon: 50.90444, -2.571616), Beer Hackett which are provided by: