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“LITTON CHENEY, a parish in the hundred of Uggscombe, Dorchester division of county Dorset, 6 miles S.E. of Bridport, and 10 W. of Dorchester, its post town. This place was formerly a market town. The parish includes the hamlets of Ashby, Higher Egerton, Nether Coombe, and Stancombe. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Salisbury, value £800. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient stone structure, with a tower surmounted by battlements and pinnacles. It contains an antique font, a monument of the Dawberry family, and several brasses. The register commences in 1624. The parochial charities produce about £32 per annum, £25 of which is the endowment of Thornhill's free school. In 1771 Thomas Hollis gave two acres of land and a house for the schoolmaster's residence."
"ASHBY, a hamlet in the parish of Litton Cheney, hundred of Uggscombe, in the county of Dorset, 8 miles from Dorchester."
"COOMBE NETHER, a hamlet in the parish of Litton Cheney, in the county of Dorset, 5 miles E. of Bridport."
"HIGHER EGERTON, a hamlet in the parish of Litton Cheney, county Dorset, 4 miles N.E. of Bridport. Under Egerton Hill are the remains of a large Roman camp of an oval form.
"STANCOMBE, a hamlet in the parish of Litton Cheney, county Dorset, 5 miles E. of Bridport."
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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 Litton Cheney (St. Mary) on his Dorset Churches website
- UK Genealogy Archives have a full transcript of the Marriages at Litton Cheney, 1614-1812 taken from the Phillimore Marriages series.
- A description of Litton Cheney 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
"ASHBY, a hamlet in the parish of Litton Cheney, hundred of Uggscombe, in the county of Dorset, 8 miles from Dorchester."
"COOMBE NETHER, a hamlet in the parish of Litton Cheney, in the county of Dorset, 5 miles E. of Bridport."
"HIGHER EGERTON, a hamlet in the parish of Litton Cheney, county Dorset, 4 miles N.E. of Bridport. Under Egerton Hill are the remains of a large Roman camp of an oval form.
"STANCOMBE, a hamlet in the parish of Litton Cheney, county Dorset, 5 miles E. of Bridport."
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Litton Cheney to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
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