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"BLOXWORTH (ST. ANDREW), a parish, in the union of WAREHAM and PURBECK, hundred of COOMBSDITCH, Wareham division of DORSET, 8 miles (S.) from Blandford; containing 306 inhabitants. It comprises about 3000 acres, of which 900 are arable, 400 pasture, 200 meadow, 80 woodland (chiefly coppice), and the remainder heath; the soil is various, in some parts clay, in others chalk alternated with sand. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £15. 7. 1., and in the gift of the family of Pickard: the tithes have been commuted for £279, and the glebe consists of 35 acres. The church is an ancient structure in the later English style, with a square embattled tower. On a hill called Woolsbarrow, situated on the heath, about a mile towards the east, are vestiges of a small fortification supposed to be of Danish origin, the ramparts and trenches of which may be traced: near it are several tumuli." 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 Bloxworth (St. Andrew) on his Dorset Churches website
- The Dorset History Centre hold the Parish Registers for Bloxworth:
Baptisms: 1579-1970 Marriages: 1581-1648, 16541657, 1662-1837 Burials: 1579-1992 (DHC Ref: PE/BLX)
- A description of Bloxworth 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
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Bloxworth to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Bloxworth pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY881947 (Lat/Lon: 50.751717, -2.169542), Bloxworth which are provided by:
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- 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.