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“CHURCH KNOWLE, a parish in the South Blandford division of the hundred of Hasilor, in the county of Dorset, 3½ miles S. of Wareham, its post town and railway station, and 1½ W. of Corfe Castle. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Salisbury, value £285, in the patronage of Lieut. Colonel Mansel. The church, dedicated to St. Peter, was formerly in the early English style of architecture, but has been greatly altered from time to time. There is a National school for both sexes. Colonel Mansel is lord of the manor."
"BRADLE, a tything in the parish of Church Knowle, hundred of Hasilor, in the county of Dorset, 1 mile from Corfe Castle."
"CREECH, a tything in the parish of Church Knowle, hundred of Hasilor, in the county of Dorset, 1¼ mile NW. of Church Knowle, and 2 miles S. of Wareham. Here are extensive quarries."
"PUDDLE-MILL, a hamlet in the parish of Church-Knowle, hundred of Hasilor, county Dorset, 3 miles S. of Wareham."
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from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
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- Michael Day provides photographs and bibliography for Church Knowle (St. Peter) on his Dorset Churches website
- The Dorset History Centre hold the Parish Registers for Church Knowle:
Baptisms: 1547-1961 Marriages: 1560-1837 Burials: 1558-1712, 1734, 1739-1917 (DHC Ref: PE/CKL)
- A description of Church Knowle 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
"BRADLE, a tything in the parish of Church Knowle, hundred of Hasilor, in the county of Dorset, 1 mile from Corfe Castle."
"CREECH, a tything in the parish of Church Knowle, hundred of Hasilor, in the county of Dorset, 1¼ mile NW. of Church Knowle, and 2 miles S. of Wareham. Here are extensive quarries."
"PUDDLE-MILL, a hamlet in the parish of Church-Knowle, hundred of Hasilor, county Dorset, 3 miles S. of Wareham."
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Church Knowle to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY941818 (Lat/Lon: 50.636234, -2.085428), Church Knowle which are provided by:
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- 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.)
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