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Evershot

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“EVERSHOT, a parish in the Dorchester division of the hundred of Tollerford, county Dorset, 6 miles N.E. of Beaminster, and a railway station on the Great Western line. Dorchester is its post town. The living is a curacy in the diocese of Salisbury, annexed to the rectory* of Frome St. Quintin, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. Osmond. The earliest entry in the register is in the year 1694. The parochial charities produce about £150 per annum, one-half of which is the endowment of the free grammar school. Lord Ilchester is lord of the manor. A fair is held on the 13th May."

from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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Church History

  • Michael Day provides photographs and bibliography for Evershot (St. Osmund) on his Dorset Churches website
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Description & Travel

  • A description of Evershot 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

"EVERSHOT, a parish in the Dorchester division of the hundred of Tollerford, county Dorset, 6 miles N.E. of Beaminster, and a railway station on the Great Western line. Dorchester is its post town. The living is a curacy in the diocese of Salisbury, annexed to the rectory* of Frome St. Quintin, in the patronage of the lord chancellor. The church is dedicated to St. Osmond. The earliest entry in the register is in the year 1694. The parochial charities produce about £150 per annum, one-half of which is the endowment of the free grammar school. Lord Ilchester is lord of the manor. A fair is held on the 13th May."

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Genealogy

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST574046 (Lat/Lon: 50.839118, -2.605734), Evershot which are provided by: