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Iwerne Minster
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“IWERNE MINSTER, a parish in the hundred of Sixpenny-Handley, West Shaston division of county Dorset, 6 miles N. of Blandford, its post town, and 6 S. of Shaftesbury. It is situated at the head of the small river Ewerne, and on the high road from Shaftesbury to Blandford and Poole. The village is considerable, but chiefly agricultural. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Sarum, value £306, in the patronage of the Dean and Canons of Windsor. Annexed are the perpetual curacies of Hinton, value £342, and East Orchard with Margaret Marsh, value £100, both in the patronage of the Vicar of Iwerne Minster. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a cruciform structure with a spire 162 feet in height. The register dates from 1742. There is a National school for both sexes. The Baptists have a place of worship. Thomas B. Bower, Esq., is lord of the manor."
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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 Iwerne Minster (St. Mary) on his Dorset Churches website
- A description of Iwerne Minster 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
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Iwerne Minster to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Iwerne Minster pages contain many useful resources.
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