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Piddletrenthide
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“PIDDLETRENTHIDE, a parish in the above liberty, county Dorset, 8 miles N. by E. of Dorchester, its post town, and 3 E. of Cerne. The village, which is of small extent, is situated at the head of the river Trent, or Piddle, and is chiefly agricultural. The great tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £420, and the vicarial for 188; the glebe comprises 8 acres. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Sarum, value £211, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Winchester. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient edifice, with a lofty embattled tower containing five bells. The register dates from 1650. The parochial charities produce about £16 per annum, which goes to Harding's school, which is further supported by the Bridge family. There is also a day and a Sunday school. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. The Manor House is the principal residence."
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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 Piddletrenthide (All Saints) on his Dorset Churches website
- A description of Piddletrenthide 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 Piddletrenthide to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Piddletrenthide pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY705998 (Lat/Lon: 50.797093, -2.419739), Piddletrenthide which are provided by:
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- 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.