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"CORFE-MULLEN, a chapelry, in the parish of STURMINSTER-MARSHALL, union of WIMBORNE and CRANBORNE, hundred of COGDEAN, Wimborne division of DORSET, 3 miles (S. W. by W.) from Wimborne-Minster; containing 758 inhabitants, and comprising 3086 acres, of which 148 are common or waste. The chapel is dedicated to St. Nicholas, and has been enlarged by the addition of 140 free sittings. There is an annuity of £27 for the support of a school, to which Richard Lockyer in 1706 bequeathed £17." 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 Corfe Mullen (St. Hubert) on his Dorset Churches website
- The Dorset History Centre hold the Parish Registers for Corfe Mullen:
Baptisms: 1651-1984 Marriages: 1652-1661, 16701992 Burials: 1652-1661, 1670 1678, 1756-1928, 1939, 1948 (DHC Ref: PE/COM see also Sturminster Marshall)
- A description of Corfe Mullen 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
"CORFE MULLEN, a parish in the hundred of Cogdean, East Shaston division of the county of Dorset, 2 miles S.W. of Wimborne-Minster, its post town and railway station on the South-Western line, and 6 N.W. of Poole. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Salisbury, value £412, in the patronage of Eton College. The church, dedicated to St. Nicholas, is an ancient structure, and has recently been repaired. The Methodists have a chapel. The two endowed schools have been united, and the building recently enlarged. The charities produce £80, of which one-third is paid to the curate; the remainder is applied, to provide bread and cheese every Sunday for ten poor children, beef at Christmas, and apprentice fees when required. St. John Coventry and Willett Adye, Esqs., are lords of the manor."
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Corfe Mullen to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Corfe Mullen pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY986964 (Lat/Lon: 50.767028, -2.021742), Corfe Mullen which are provided by:
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