Pimperne Parish Records, Dorset

Pimperne is a parish on the road from Blandford to Salisbury, being about 2½ miles north-east from Blandford. The church of St Peter has a fine Norman arch in the porch. The parish registers date from 1559. There was also a Wesleyan chapel and a reading room. A National School was built in 1864. In the centre of the village are the remains of an old cross.	Anvil Inn Pimperne courtesy of Ann Bright
	The downlands in the parish contain many barrows, including a long barrow, the area was once well known as a training ground for racehorses. In 1886 the hamlet of Nutford was transferred from Blandford to Pimperne and under the Local Government Act of 1894 a further portion of Blandford was transferred to this parish. The area is now 2914 acres and in 1891 the population was 420 in the civil and 391 in the ecclesiastical parish.
The Online Parish Clerk (OPC) for Pimperne is Terri Davies The list below represents the main transcriptions I have done, there may well be other smaller items not on line, so it is always worth contacting me. Please always put 'OPC Pimperne' in the subject line of any e-mails
Census	At present I have done transcriptions of the following census:- 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891
Parish Registers	These will be transcribed, on-line so far:- Baptisms 1732-1812 Marriages 1733-1764 Burials 1732-1812
Postal & Street Directories
Land records	I have a list of landowners for 1871, please contact me.
Photographs	For six Photographs of the church interior and exterior
Maps	The 1891 Ordnance Survey maps of the parish can be seen at the old-maps site, just enter 'Pimperne' under place search.
	For modern location maps & aerial views visit:- www.multimap.com
An old postcard from my collection, [circa 1900-1920], showing the Church and the Cross