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“HALSTOCK, a parish in the liberty of Halstock, Sherborne division of county Dorset, 6 miles S.W. of Yeovil, its post town, and 6 N.E. of Beaminster. The road from Bridport to Yeovil passes through the village, which is considerable. The land is nearly evenly divided between arable, pasture, and woodland, with a small tract of common. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Sarum, value £200, in the patronage of the Prebendary of Halstock in Salisbury Cathedral. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, was rebuilt in 1846. It has a square tower, containing five bells. There is a charity bequest, producing about £10 per annum. Lord Abinger is lord of the manor."
"ABBOT'S HILL, a hamlet in the parish of Halstock, county of Dorset, 1½ mile E. of the village of Halstock, 8 miles N.E. of Beaminster, and 5 S.W. of Yeo village. A Roman mosaic pavement was discovered near this spot some years since by the Earl of Echester."
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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 Halstock (St. Mary) on his Dorset Churches website
- UK Genealogy Archives have a full transcript of the Marriages at Halstock, 1698-1812 taken from the Phillimore Marriages series.
- A description of Halstock 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
"ABBOT'S HILL, a hamlet in the parish of Halstock, county of Dorset, 1½ mile E. of the village of Halstock, 8 miles N.E. of Beaminster, and 5 S.W. of Yeo village. A Roman mosaic pavement was discovered near this spot some years since by the Earl of Echester."
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Halstock to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Halstock pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST539081 (Lat/Lon: 50.870978, -2.65646), Halstock 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.