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Clifton Maybank

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"CLIFTON-MAYBANK (ALL SAINTS), a parish, in the union of SHERBORNE, hundred of YETMINSTER, Sherborne division of DORSET, 5½ miles (W. S. W.) from Sherborne; containing 70 inhabitants. It is intersected by the river lvel, and comprises 1244a. 3r. 12p., of which 781 acres are pasture, 215 arable, 202 woodland, and about 11 in orchards: the surface is rather flat, and the lands in winter are subject to occasional inundation; the soil is light, but productive. The living is a rectory, united in 1824 to the vicarage of Bradford-Abbas, and valued in the king's books at £4. 16. 0½. ; the tithes have been commuted for £245, and the glebe comprises 30 acres. The church has been in ruins for a century." Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, 7th edition, 1848. Transcribed by Nigel Batty-Smith ©2014

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Church Records

  • The Dorset History Centre hold the Parish Registers for Bradford Abbas with Clifton Maybank:
    Baptisms: 1579-1583, 1588­1982 Marriages: 1580-1583, 1588­1728, 1754-1989 Burials: 1579-1583, 1588­1992 (DHC Ref: PE/BRA)
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Description & Travel

  • A description of Clifton Maybank 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

"CLIFTON-MAYBANK, a parish in the hundred of Yetminster, in the county of Dorset, 4 miles W. of Sherborne, its post town. The living is a rectory annexed to the vicarage* of Bradford-Abbas, in the diocese of Salisbury, and in the patronage of Winchester College. The church, dedicated to All Saints is in ruins. In the vicinity are the rivers Ivel and Yee."

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST576136 (Lat/Lon: 50.92054, -2.604275), Clifton Maybank which are provided by: