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West Parley
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“WEST PARLEY, a parish in the hundred of Cranborne, county Dorset, 6 miles S.E. of Wimborne-Minster, its post town, and 6 N.W. of Christchurch. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the borders of Hampshire, and is watered by the river Stour. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. A large hart of the land is in heath. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £250, and the glebe contains 20 acres, besides £44 payable to the Rector of Lydlinch. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Sarum, value £195. The church is of considerable antiquity. The Independents have a place of worship. The parochial charities produce about £4 per annum.
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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 West Parley (All Saints) on his Dorset Churches website
- A description of West Parley 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 West Parley to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The West Parley pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SZ087974 (Lat/Lon: 50.776473, -1.877718), West Parley 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.