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Chaldon Herring

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"CHALDON-HERRING (ST. NICHOLAS), a parish, in the union of WAREHAM and PURBECK, liberty of BINDON, Wareham division of DORSET, 8¼ miles (S. E.) from Dorchester; containing 285 inhabitants. It is bounded by the English Channel on the south, and consists of 3012a. 3r. 23p., the greater part pasture land. A coast-guard station has been established. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king's books at £8. 0. 10.; patron and impropriator, Joseph Weld, Esq.; net income, £62: the great tithes have been commuted for £5, and the vicarial for £9. The village called Chaldon-Boys, or West Chaldon, now comprising only one farm with four or five cottages, was formerly a manor and a distinct parish; the church having become a ruin, the living, a rectory, was consolidated with the vicarage of Chaldon-Herring, in 1446." Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, 7th edition, 1848. Transcribed by Nigel Batty-Smith ©2014

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Church Records

  • The Dorset History Centre hold the Parish Registers for Chaldon Herring:
    Baptisms: 1621-1895 Marriages: 1621-1658, 1669­1776, 1782-1964 Burials: 1621-1993 (DHC Ref: PE/CHH alias East Chaldon)
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Description & Travel

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