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Longburton |
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Longburton is a parish in the hundred, union
and division of Sherborne, 3 miles South East by South from Sherborne,
and 14 miles North of Dorchester. The village is a ribbon development
along the old turnpike road from Dorchester to Sherborne in the western
end of the Blackmore Vale. Its neighbouring villages are Castleton,
Folke,
Holnest,
Leweston, and North Wootton. The dominant industry is dairy farming,
other local industries have included stone-quarrying and more recently
land has been given over to orchards |
The seventeenth century houses are traditional two-storeyed Dorset
cottages, and some retain their thatched roofs. The southern extent of
the village is marked on opposite sides of the road by the Methodist
chapel built in 1878 and the Temperance Hall built in 1907. |
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Census |
1841 Census [John Ridout] 1851 Census [John Ridout] 1861 Census 1891 Census [Keith Searson] 1901 Census 1911 Census Index |
Parish Registers |
Baptisms 1580-1812 &
1814-1877 [Lynda
Mudle-Small] Marriages 1589-1834 and Banns 1758-1799 [Terry Pine] Burials 1597-1812, 1813-1877 [Lynda Mudle-Small] |
Trade & Postal Directories | Longburton Trade Directories 1851-1930 |
Other Records | Names from the
1641 Protestation Return [Tony
Higgins] Long Burton School Log Book 1872-1900 [Caryl Parsons] Index of Probate Records 1573-1842 Overseers of the Poor Records Index Announcements of Deaths relating to Longburton in The Times A Tale of Haunting in Longburton 1677 A Tale of Haunting in Littleburton 1677 Rev. Charles Herbert Mayo of Longburton [External Link] |
Photographs | |
Monumental Inscriptions |
St James Monumental
Inscriptions index Long Burton Methodist Monumental Inscriptions index |
Maps | |
Records held at the Dorset History Centre PE/LOB |
Registers Christenings 1590-1885. Marriages 1589-1996. Burials 1589-1999. Banns 1824-1939 |
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