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Winfrith Newburgh
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“WINFRITH NEWBURGH, a parish in the hundred of Winfrith, county Dorset, 9 miles S.W. of Wareham, 10 N.E. of Weymouth, and 3 S.W. of Wool railway station. The village was formerly the property of the Newburghs, who had a seat here. Near the hamlet of Bromehill a tributary of the Frome is crossed by three bridges, built in 1769. The parish includes the chapelry of Burton and the hamlet of Knighton. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Salisbury, value with the curacies of Burton and West Lulworth, £740, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Christopher, was enlarged in 1854. There is a National school. Bishops Lindwood and Atkyns were formerly rectors."
"BURTON, a tything in the parish of Winfrith Newburgh, hundred of Winfrith, in the county of Dorset. 6 miles to the W. of Wareham."
"KNIGHTON, a hamlet in the parish of Winfrith Newburgh, county Dorset, 7 miles S.W. of Wareham."
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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 Winfrith Newburgh (St. Christopher) on his Dorset Churches website
- A description of Winfrith Newburgh 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
"BURTON, a tything in the parish of Winfrith Newburgh, hundred of Winfrith, in the county of Dorset. 6 miles to the W. of Wareham."
"KNIGHTON, a hamlet in the parish of Winfrith Newburgh, county Dorset, 7 miles S.W. of Wareham."
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- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
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