Okeford Fitzpaine Parish Dorset

See link below for more photographs	Okeford Fitzpaine is a parish and a village 4 miles south-east from Sturminster Newton. The parish of Sturminster Newton forms its north west boundary and going clockwise from the north other adjacent parishes are; Hammoon, Shillingstone, Turnworth, Ibberton, Belchalwell and Fifehead Neville. Under the Divided Parish Act (19thC) part of the parish of Belchalwell was added to Okeford for civil purposes. The ancient church of St Andrew is on a small rise just above the village. The registers date from 1592.
There was also a Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapel here and a Wesleyan Chapel at Fiddleford. Fiddleford is a hamlet transferred in 1884 from Child Okeford to Okeford Fitzpaine. A National School was built in Okeford in 1873. The land is mainly pasture and comprises 3739 acres. In 1891 the population of the civil parish was 687 with 557 in the ecclesiastical parish.
The Online Parish Clerk (OPC) for Okeford Fitzpaine is Derek Stone Resources are available for look-up by contacting me and there are some transcriptions on this site. Unless specified, all transcriptions and indexes used to answer queries have been made by me Please place the words 'OPC Okeford Fitzpaine' as your subject for e-mails Contributions in the form of transcriptions and photographs are always welcome
Census	The 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 & 1891 are online.
Parish Registers	Baptisms 1751-1813, 1813-1881, 1882-1906 Marriages 1683-1725, 1751-1857 Burials 1701-1812, 1818-1883
Directories	Kelly's Directory 1880, 1899, 1903, 1920, 1927, 1931, 1939
Photographs	Photographs of the church, monumental stones and the village
Roll of Honour	Names from the Roll of Honour inside the Church are available
External Links	Okeford Fitzpaine Parish Web Site
Maps	The 1891 Ordnance Survey maps of the parish can be seen at the old-maps site, just enter 'Okeford Fitzpaine' under place search.
	For modern location maps visit:- www.multimap.com

Okeford Fitzpaine

alias Fipenny