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“MAPPERTON, (or South Mapperton), a parish in the hundred of Beaminster Forum, Bridport division of county Dorset, 2 miles S.E. of Beaminster, its post town. The village, which is inconsiderable, is wholly agricultural. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £193, The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Sarum, value £170. The church, dedicated to All Saints, or, according to other authorities, to St. Mary, is a neat edifice, rebuilt in 1704. Mapperton House, which is of great antiquity, is the principal residence. It is at present the seat of H. C. Compton, Esq., who 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 Mapperton (All Saints) on his Dorset Churches website
- UK Genealogy Archives have a full transcript of the Marriages at Mapperton, 1669-1812 taken from the Phillimore Marriages series.
- A description of Mapperton 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 Mapperton to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Mapperton pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY906986 (Lat/Lon: 50.787164, -2.134266), Mapperton 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.