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"BRADPOLE (HOLY TRINITY), a parish, in the union of BRIDPORT, hundred of BEAMINSTER-FORUM and REDHONE, Bridport division of DORSET, 1 mile (N. N. E.) from Bridport; containing 1357 inhabitants. It comprises 998a. 2r. 16p., of which 566 acres are arable, 182 meadow, 100 pasture, and 18 woodland. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £8. 13. 1½., and in the patronage of the Crown; net income, £199. A new church was consecrated in August 1846, containing 400 sittings, mostly free. The inhabitants formerly interred their dead at Bridport; but by a composition made in 1527, they were allowed to inter in their own churchyard, on paying annually a small acknowledgment to the rector of Bridport." 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 Bradpole:
    Baptisms: 1695-1996 Marriages: 1695-2001 Burials: 1695-1993 (DHC Ref: PE/BRE)
  • UK Genealogy Archives have a full transcript of the Marriages at Bradpole, 1695-1812 taken from the Phillimore Marriages series.
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Description & Travel

  • A description of Bradpole 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

"BRADPOLE, a parish in the hundred of Beaminster Forum and Redhone, in the county of Dorset, 1 mile to the N.E. of Bridport, its post town, within which borough it is included. The Bridport and Dorchester branch of the Great Western railway passes by it. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Salisbury, of the value with the curacy of St. Andrew's annexed, of £265, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. In addition to the parish church there is a chapel of ease, built in 1860. It is in the early decorated style, and is dedicated to St. Andrew. There are National schools supported by subscription."

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Genealogy

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY481943 (Lat/Lon: 50.745743, -2.736282), Bradpole which are provided by: