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Buckland Ripers

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"BUCKLAND-RIPERS, a parish, in the union of WEYMOUTH, hundred of CULLIFORD-TREE, Dorchester division of DORSET, 3½ miles (N. W. by N.) from Melcombe-Regis; containing 118 inhabitants. It comprises 1205 acres by computation: the soil is a strong clay, producing good crops of grain; the surface is hilly, and the surrounding scenery pleasing. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £5. 9. 2., and in the patronage of Q. H. Stroud, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £200, and the glebe comprises nine 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 Buckland Ripers:
    Baptisms: 1695-1708, 1724­1730, 1736-1982 Marriages: 1695-1711, 1719, 1725-1810, 1816­1949 Burials: 1696-1706, 1719, 1724, 1730, 1751­ 1976 (DHC Ref: PE/BCR)
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Description & Travel

  • A description of Buckland Ripers 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

"BUCKLAND-RIPERS, a parish in the hundred of Culliford-Tree, Dorchester division of the county of Dorset, 3 miles to the N. of Weymouth. Melcomb Regis is its post town. The Great Western railway passes close by this place. Part of the hamlet of Nottington is within the parish The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury, worth £176, in the patronage of Q. H. Stroud, Esq."

"NOTTINGTON, a hamlet in the parishes of Broadway and Buckland Ripers, hundred of Cullifordtree, county Dorset, 3 miles N. of Weymouth. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the road from Weymouth to Dorchester, near the river Wey. It has a pump-room and baths, in connection with a mineral spring, which is highly impregnated with sulphur. It is much frequented in summer by visitors from Weymouth. The principal residence is Nottington House, the seat of Colonel Steward, who is proprietor of the Isle of Portland and a considerable part of Weymouth."

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY650826 (Lat/Lon: 50.642004, -2.496128), Buckland Ripers which are provided by: