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"BURSTOCK (ST. ANDREW), a parish, in the union of BEAMINSTER, hundred of WHITCHURCH-CANONICORUM, Bridport division of DORSET, 4¼ miles (W. N. W.) from Beaminster; containing 307 inhabitants. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £5. 19. 4½., and in the patronage of John Bragge, Esq.: the tithes have been commuted for £170 per annum, and the glebe consists of about an acre and a half." Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, 7th edition, 1848. Transcribed by Nigel Batty-Smith ©2014
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- Michael Day provides photographs and bibliography for Burstock (St. Andrew) on his Dorset Churches website
- The Dorset History Centre hold the Parish Registers for Burstock:
Baptisms: 1587-1653, 1688 1981 Marriages: 1560-1636, 1695 1979 Burials: 1603-1643, 1695 1981 (DHC Ref: PE/BSK) - UK Genealogy Archives have a full transcript of the Marriages at Burstock, 1563-1812 taken from the Phillimore Marriages series.
- A description of Burstock from the Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5 is available on the UK Genealogy Archives site
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Burstock to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Burstock pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST422031 (Lat/Lon: 50.824156, -2.822456), Burstock 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.