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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."

from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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Church History

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Church Records

  • UK Genealogy Archives have a full transcript of the Marriages at Great Toller, 1615-1812 taken from the Phillimore Marriages series.
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Description & Travel

  • A description of Toller Porcorum from the Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5 is available on the UK Genealogy Archives site
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Gazetteers

The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

"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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Maps

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