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Chardstock |
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St
Andrews Church, Chardstock |
Chardstock is one of the most
westerly parishes in traditional county of Dorset. Parishes in Devon are to the
north and south of it, the parish of Wambrook lies to the west and
Thorncombe and Hawkchurch to the east. The church of St Andrew was
rebuilt on 1864 and there is the College of St Andrew adjoining. The
parish registers date from the year 1590 and are considered to be in an
excellent state of preservation. Chardstock was transferred from Dorset to the county of Devon in 1896, but remains in the Diocese of Salisbury. Chardstock All Saints (in Smallridge) is a modern ecclesiastical parish, the church was erected in 1845 with registers starting from that date. It was created from Chardstock and Axminster. Wambrook was a chapelry of this parish. The parish covers 5618 acres and the chief crops are wheat barley, oats and apples. The population of All Saints parish was 533 in 1871. |
There is no OPC for Chardstock at present Donations of further material to go on-site are very welcome, please contact the Co-ordinator on the home page |
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1841 Census Districts 10 & 11, 12 & 13 Transcribed by Jacqui Bowen. 1851 Census Transcribed by Maria Almond 1861 Census, Districts 1B, 2C & 3B 1871 Census 1881 Census this can be searched free on the LDS Site. 1891 Census on this site 1901 Census. An index is available on the PRO site but you have to pay to view pages. This also applies to Ancestry Com indexes. |
| Parish Registers |
Baptisms, Marriages and Burials [St Andrews - offsite link to Chardstock Web Museum] |
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| Links |
Village Web Site with a
history section. 1873 Owners of Land on GenUKI Kelly's 1923 on GenUKI |
| Maps | The 1891 ordinance survey maps of the parish can be seen at the old-maps site, just enter 'Chardstock' under place search. |
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location maps visit:-
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| Note that the Parish Registers are held at the Devon Record Office, although it is believed that copies are also held at the Dorset History Centre | Baptisms 1597-1947. Marriages 1597-1987. Burials 1597-1864 |
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