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Church of Sts Peter & Paul © Chris Rumbold 2002
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Mappowder is a parish on
the edge of the Blackmore Vale, comprising a village with a few stone
built cottages and the church. It is 7 miles south-west from Sturminster
Newton and 10 miles north-east from Dorchester. The name is said to
derive from the Old English word 'mapluldor' meaning a maple tree, in
1066 it was referred to as 'Mapledre' in the Domesday Book. The
church dedicated to the Saints Peter & Paul is mainly of late 15th
century construction with a tower built in 1868 in the same style as the
original building.
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In a recess is a small effigy of a 13th century
knight, this is said to commemorate the death of a crusader whose heart
was back for burial in his home parish. The registers date from 1653. A
National School was built in the parish in 1870 for 50 children. The
area of the parish is 1887 acres and the soil is chiefly clay and gravel
with most of it laid to pasture. The population in 1861 was 238 and in
1891 was 195 persons.
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The main street with Styles Farm in the
foreground, picture taken from near the Church.
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The Online Parish Clerk
(OPC)
for Mappowder is Eileen Penfold
Resources are available
for look-up by contacting me. The census have been put on this site.
Unless specified, all transcriptions and
indexes used to answer queries have been made by me. The list below
represents the main transcriptions I have, there may well be other
smaller items not listed, so it is always worth contacting me.
I will be building resources over the coming
months so don't forget to come back regularly for the latest additions.
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| Census |
All census now
on-line
1841
& 1851
1861 & 1871
1881, 1891 & 1901 |
| Parish Registers |
Baptisms 1733-1877
Marriages 1654-1925
Burials 1709-1962 |
| Postal
& Street Directories |
I have copies
from the 1895, 1907,
1923 and
1935 post office directories |
| Electoral
Register |
I have a copy
of the 1874 electoral register for the parish |
| Prisoners |
List of
prisoners appearing before special commission at Dorchester January 1831 |
| Lay Subsidy
Roll |
Mappowder lay
subsidy roll of 1332 |
| Photographs |
Photographs of
Mappowder school children dated 1920, 1921 |
| Monumental
Inscriptions |
St Peter & St Paul |
Maps
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The 1891
Ordnance Survey
maps of the parish can be seen at the old-maps
site, just enter 'Mappowder' under place search.
For modern
location maps visit:-
www.multimap.com
or click on the thumbnail below for a 1920's map
of the area. [157kb] |
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Mappowder Old
School House, now a private dwelling.
© Eileen Penfold
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