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Toller Porcorum
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“TOLLER-PORCORUM, a parish, partly in the hundreds of Beaminster, Redhone, and Tollerford, county Dorset, 10 miles N.W. of Dorchester, its post town, and 8 N.E. of Bridport. It comprises the tything of Kingcombe. Large quantities of swine were formerly bred here, hence the distinguishing name of Porcorum, or Swine's Toller. There are chalk pits and stone quarries. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Sarum, value £180. The church is dedicated to St. Peter. The register dates from 1671. The parochial charities produce about £33 per annum, of which £21 go to Browne's school, which also shares with the parish of Toller-Fratrum."
"NETHER AND OVER KINGCOMBE, a tything in the parish of Toller-Porcorum, hundred of Beaminster Forum and Redhone, county Dorset, 6 miles S.E. of Beaminster.
"NETHER-KINGCOMBE, a tything in the parish of Toller-Porcorum, hundred of Beaminster-Forum, Bridport division of county Dorset, 1 mile from Toller-Porcorum, and 11 miles W. of Dorchester."
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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 Toller Porcorum (St. Peter and St. Andrew) on his Dorset Churches website
- UK Genealogy Archives have a full transcript of the Marriages at Great Toller, 1615-1812 taken from the Phillimore Marriages series.
- A description of Toller Porcorum 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
"NETHER AND OVER KINGCOMBE, a tything in the parish of Toller-Porcorum, hundred of Beaminster Forum and Redhone, county Dorset, 6 miles S.E. of Beaminster.
"NETHER-KINGCOMBE, a tything in the parish of Toller-Porcorum, hundred of Beaminster-Forum, Bridport division of county Dorset, 1 mile from Toller-Porcorum, and 11 miles W. of Dorchester."
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Toller Porcorum to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Toller Porcorum pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY562980 (Lat/Lon: 50.779912, -2.622618), Toller Porcorum which are provided by:
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- 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.)
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