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Winterborne Whitchurch
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“WINTERBORNE-WHITCHURCH, a parish in the hundred of Coombs Ditch, county Dorset, 6 miles S.W. of Blandford. The parish includes the hamlet of Whatcombe and Law Lee. The village is situated on the northern Winterbourne, a feeder of the Stour. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury, value £100, in the patronage of the bishop. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains an old font, and a register dating from 1600. The Wesleyans have a chapel. There is a National school, and a reformatory for boys. The Rev. Samuel Wesley, father of John and Charles Wesley, founders of the Methodists, was born here during the incumbency of his father, who was ultimately ejected for nonconformity."
"LAW-LEE, a tything in the parish of Winterborne Whitchurch, county Dorset, 5 miles S.W. of Blandford."
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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 Winterborne Whitechurch (St. Mary) on his Dorset Churches website
The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
"LAW-LEE, a tything in the parish of Winterborne Whitchurch, county Dorset, 5 miles S.W. of Blandford."
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- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
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