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Lytchett Matravers
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“LYTCHETT-MATRAVERS, a parish in the hundred of Cogdean, county Dorset, 6 miles N.W. of Poole, its post town, and 8 S.E. of Blandford. The village is situated on a high hill, commanding a view of the sea. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £430. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Salisbury, value £551. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is of ancient date, and, from an inscription on a brass plate, is supposed to have been built before the Conquest. It contains several monuments, including one to Lord Matravers, from whom the place takes the suffix to its name. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel. There are National schools. H. Dillon Trenchard, 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 Lytchett Matravers (St. Mary) on his Dorset Churches website
- A description of Lytchett Matravers 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 Lytchett Matravers to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
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