Lydlinch Parish Dorset Stock Gaylard

Lydlinch is a village and a parish 3 miles west from Sturminster Newton. It is situated on the River Lydd or Lyddon, a small river that feeds into the Stour. Today is is a quiet cluster of houses situated along a lane to the church, just south of the Sturminster to Stalbridge road. Starting in the north and travelling clockwise it is adjacent to the parishes of Stalbridge, Sturminster Newton, Fifehead Neville, Haselbury Bryan, Pulham, Holwell, Bishops Caundle and Stourton Caundle.
	The Church of St Thomas a Becket dates from the 14th century, the square tower contains a peal of five bells and has a clock. In the 19th century the Parish of Stock Gaylard was added to the parish for civil purposes. There are parish charities dating from 1811 when land was left for the Roberts & Bissell charities for apprenticing poor children, distribution amongst the poor and for repairs to the church. Mrs Robert English used to have tile and brick works in the parish. A National School was built in 1874. The land area is 2446 acres and comprises mainly pasture, the population in 1891 was 326 in the ecclesiastical parish. Photographs © Dorset OPC Project 1999
The Online Parish Clerk (OPC) for Lydlinch is Clynn Lee Clynn will also be gathering information on Stock Gaylard. If you wish to contact him please use the above link. Please put 'OPC Lydlinch' as your subject line
Census	Lyndlinch Census The 1841 Census [John Ridout] The 1861 Census The 1871 Census The 1881 Census is on-line Stock Gaylard Census The 1851 Census with photographs The 1861 Census The 1871 Census
Parish Registers	Parish Register Transcriptions Baptisms, 1559-1650, 1651-1751, 1752-1812, 1813-1840 Marriages 1560-1812, 1813-1836 Burials 1560-1699, 1700-1812, 1813-1840 Stock Gaylard Baptisms 1722 - 1812 Marriages 1722 - 1838 Burials 1722 - 1812
Monumental Inscriptions	King's Stag MIs
Overseers Records	Extracts from the Overseers Accounts for the years 1767 to 1820 are on-line
Rectors	Names of Rectors, Curates & Churchwardens extracted from the Registers
Woodbridge Estate Survey	Name extract from Woodbridge Estate Survey 1762, part of which was in Lydlinch
Wills	A List of PCC Wills for Lydlinch residents A list of PCC Wills for Stock Gaylard residents
Photographs	Sixteen Photographs of the church, farms, cottages and monumental headstones
17th Century Records	The 1641 Protestation Returns for Lydlinch The 1641 Protestation Returns for Stock Gaylard Hearth Tax for Lydlinch 1662-1664
Other Records	Lydlinch Militia List 1799 Bagber Militia List 1799 Stock Gaylard Militia List 1799 Lydlinch School & Romayne's Charity Lydlinch National School Log Book 1875-1920
Maps	The 1891 Ordnance Survey maps of the can be seen at the old-maps site, just enter 'Lydlinch' under place search.
	For modern location maps visit:- www.multimap.com

Lydlinch with Stock Gaylard