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Bloxworth

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"BLOXWORTH (ST. ANDREW), a parish, in the union of WAREHAM and PURBECK, hundred of COOMBSDITCH, Wareham division of DORSET, 8 miles (S.) from Blandford; containing 306 inhabitants. It comprises about 3000 acres, of which 900 are arable, 400 pasture, 200 meadow, 80 woodland (chiefly coppice), and the remainder heath; the soil is various, in some parts clay, in others chalk alternated with sand. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £15. 7. 1., and in the gift of the family of Pickard: the tithes have been commuted for £279, and the glebe consists of 35 acres. The church is an ancient structure in the later English style, with a square embattled tower. On a hill called Woolsbarrow, situated on the heath, about a mile towards the east, are vestiges of a small fortification supposed to be of Danish origin, the ramparts and trenches of which may be traced: near it are several tumuli."  Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, 7th edition, 1848. Transcribed by Nigel Batty-Smith ©2014

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Church History

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Church Records

  • The Dorset History Centre hold the Parish Registers for Bloxworth:
    Baptisms: 1579-1970 Marriages: 1581-1648, 1654­1657, 1662-1837 Burials: 1579-1992 (DHC Ref: PE/BLX)
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Description & Travel

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

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Genealogy

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY881947 (Lat/Lon: 50.751717, -2.169542), Bloxworth which are provided by: