Glanvilles Wootton

Church of St Mary the Virgin

Glanvilles Wootton is a small rural parish and village in north central Dorset, England. It is approximately 7 miles south-east of Sherborne, and 12 miles north of Dorchester, It was formerly in the division and union of Cerne but now is in North Dorset Local Authority. Glanvilles Wootton is bordered by the parishes of Holwell and Folke to the north, Pulham to the east, Buckland Newton in the south while Minterne Magna, Haydon (Detached) and Holnest form the western boundary. The name of the Parish was changed in 1985, having previously been Wootton Glanville. The Parish Church, St Mary the Virgin, is a small Gothic edifice, with a low embattled tower and three bells (by 1915 there were 4 bells). On the south side is a chapel, which was a chantry, and has been applied as a burial-place by the Williams, Every, and Henley families, to whom there are several handsome monuments erected.

The church registers date from 1546. The Parish also has a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, now disused. There is a Manor House. The area of the current parish is 690 hectares, in 1865 the area was 1665 acres. The former National School (built in 1857 and enlarged in 1905 for 90 children) is now closed and converted into a private dwelling. The population in 1841 was 342; 329 in 1851; in 1861, 301; 1871, 314; 1881, 237; 1891, 239; 1901, 172 and in 1911, 211. In 1991 the population was 182 and consisted 74 dwellings. Apart from the main village there are several hamlets in the Parish, including Osehill Green, Newlands (tithing) and Round Chimneys. Dungeon is a large Roman camp. Nowadays the village has no public house, but the former Pure Drop Inn and New Inn both still stand though now converted into private dwellings. The former Post Office is now also a private cottage. There is a small village hall near the village centre. The father of the great Duke of Marlborough lived in the farm house called "Round Chimneys" around 1645.

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Wesleyan Methodist Chapel

The Online Parish Clerk (OPC) for Glanvilles Wootton is Jon Baker

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Available Data

Census

Censuses are on-line for 1841  1851  1861, 1871, 1881, 1891 and 1901

Parish Registers (dates shown are for the complete registers, not all will be made available on this site)

Baptisms 1549 - 1886 (not yet available)
Marriages  1546 - 1601  1731-1857  1858-1997
Burials 1578 - 2000 (not yet available)
Banns 1754 - 1908 (not yet available)

Bishops Transcripts (Diocese of Salisbury)

(This is now a complete transcription of the BTs)

Held at Wiltshire Record Office, Trowbridge

Christenings 1731-1879  

Marriages    1731-1857

Burials         1731-1812 1813-1846 1847-1879  

Postal & Commercial Directories

PO Directory 1859 Kelly's 1889 Kelly's 1915

Other Records

PCC Wills

Land Tax & Land Owners

Churchwardens Accounts

Poor Law Records
(Summary/index of Overseers of the Poor records held at Dorset History Centre)

Bastardy Bonds
Bastardy Orders
Apprenticeship Indentures
Removal Orders to Glanvilles Wootton
Appeal Papers
Removal Orders from Glanvilles Wootton
Settlement Examinations

Photographs

Church & Burial Ground

Monumental Inscriptions

15th & 16th century records

Maps

The 1889-1891 Ordnance Survey map of the parish can be seen at the old-maps site (the site no longer supports direct links, click on Glanvilles Wootton to view old OS Maps)

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Names

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