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“HAWKCHURCH, a parish in the hundred of Uggscombe, Dorchester division of county Dorset, 3 miles N.E. of Axminster. The parish is bounded on the N.W. by the river Axe, and contains Phillyholme and Wylde Court-the latter the seat of Lord Bridport, where Colonel Wyndham entertained Charles II. the night previous to his attempted embarkation at Charmouth. The village is considerable, and part of the people are employed in spinning twine. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Sarum, value £600. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a small ancient edifice with two Norman arches, adorned with zig-zag mouldings. It contains a monument to Admiral Sir W. Domett, the friend of Nelson, and captain of the fleet in the expedition to Copenhagen. On Lambert's Castle Hill, which rises 900 feet above the sea, are remains of an ancient fortification and traces of a Roman camp."
"PHILLYHOLME, a tything in the parish of Hawkchurch, hundred of Uggscombe, county Dorset, 3 miles N.E. of Axminster."
"WYLDECOURT, a tything in the parish of Hawkchurch, hundred of Cerne, county Dorset, 6 miles N. of Lyme-Regis."
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from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
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| Hawkchurch, Church of England |
- UK Genealogy Archives have a full transcript of the Marriages at Hawkchurch, 1664-1812 taken from the Phillimore Marriages series.
- Parish Registers going back to 1664 are held in the Devon Record Office - for details see Parish Registers in the Devon Record Office.
- There are copies of the registers (christenings 1663-1851, marriages 1813-1864, and burials 1663-1851) at the Dorset Record Office, and the Society of Genealogists.
- Hawkchurch Marriages, 1813-1837. [Devon]: Devon Family History Society.
- A description of Hawkchurch 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
"PHILLYHOLME, a tything in the parish of Hawkchurch, hundred of Uggscombe, county Dorset, 3 miles N.E. of Axminster."
"WYLDECOURT, a tything in the parish of Hawkchurch, hundred of Cerne, county Dorset, 6 miles N. of Lyme-Regis."
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Hawkchurch to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Hawkchurch pages contain many useful resources.
- Banfield, Jack. Hawkchurch "the village of roses": the story of a West Country village, where Dorset meets Devon ... Hawkchurch: Harry Austin (1996) 108p: ill,maps,ports. [Westcountry Studies Library - sxB/HAW/0001/BAN]
- Banfield, Jack and Austin, Harry. Where Dorset Meets Devon: Hawkchurch, The Story of the Village of Roses, from the Begining of time to the Dawn of the Second Millenium (second, expanded, Millenium edition), Tilworth Farm, Hawkchurch, EX13 5UB, Hawkchurch History Society (2000).
- Pulman, George P.R. The Book of the Axe. Bath: Kingsmead Reprints (1969) pp. 531 et seq. (Reprint of 3rd edition, 1875.) [Lookups]
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST342005 (Lat/Lon: 50.800727, -2.935066), Hawkchurch 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.