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Caundle Marsh
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"CAUNDLE-MARSH (ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL), a parish, in the union and hundred of SHERBORNE, Sherborne division of DORSET, 3¾ miles (S. E.) from Sherborne, containing 77 inhabitants. This parish, which is situated on the road from Sherborne to Sturminster, comprises 781 acres, of which 40 are common or waste: stone of inferior quality is quarried. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £5. 16. 3., and in the gift of Sir H. R. Hoare, Bart.: the tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £96, and the glebe comprises 35 acres. The church is a neat edifice." 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 Caundle Marsh (St. Peter and St. Paul) on his Dorset Churches website
- The Dorset History Centre hold the Parish Registers for Caundle Marsh:
Baptisms: ?1704-1745, 1761-1991 Marriages: ?1704-1741, 1764-1812, 1817 1831, 1840-1988 Burials: 1706-1992 (DHC Ref: PE/CDM)
- A description of Caundle Marsh 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 Caundle Marsh to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Caundle Marsh pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST677133 (Lat/Lon: 50.917916, -2.460938), Caundle Marsh 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.