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Bishops Caundle
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"CAUNDLE, BISHOP, a parish, in the union of SHERBORNE, partly in the hundred of BROWNSHALL, Sturminster division, and partly in that of SHERBORNE, Sherborne division of DORSET, 5 miles (S. E. by E.) from Sherborne; containing 365 inhabitants. It comprises by computation 1304 acres, of which 200 are arable, 961 meadow and pasture, and about 22 wood. The hamlet of Brownshall, in the parish, is of great antiquity, and was formerly of importance, having given name to a hundred. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £11. 10.; net income, £226; patron, Earl Digby. The glebe contains 21 acres, with a glebehouse." 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 Bishops Caundle (dedication unknown) on his Dorset Churches website
- The Dorset History Centre hold the Parish Registers for Bishop's Caundle:
Baptisms: 1570-1599, 16181641, 1648-1921 Marriages: 1570-1610, 1640, 1655-1683, 17001738, 1754-1993 Burials: 1570-1599, 16181640, 1651-1983 (DHC Ref: PE/BCD) - The Registers of Caundle Bishop 1570-1814 are available to view online.
- A description of Bishops Caundle from the Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5 is available on the UK Genealogy Archives site
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Bishops Caundle to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Bishop's Caundle pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST695130 (Lat/Lon: 50.91565, -2.435234), Bishops Caundle which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- 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.