Shillingstone Parish Records, Dorset

Baptisms
1781-1812 [BTs]
1813-1837 [BTs & PRs] Nigel Kennard & Mike Weiner
1838-1864 & 1865-1899 [PRs] Mike Weiner

Marriages
1781-1812, 1813-1837 [BTs]
1837-1901 [PRs]

Burials
1778-1812, 1813-1837

Burial database donated by Robert Hurley, please see notes on the pages 1654-1720, 1721-1800, 1801-1850, 1851-1900, 1901-1977

A list of Curates & Clerks in the parish by Ann Peters

Military Records

Shillingstone & the Army - a list of all men from the parish who have served by Ann Peters

Monumental Inscriptions

An index of all the names on Monumental Inscriptions in the church yard

Kelly's 1899, 1920, 1931 & 1939 by Annette Rose

The 1891 Ordnance Survey maps of the parish can be seen at the old-maps site, just enter 'Shillingstone' under place search.

For modern location maps & aerial views visit:- www.multimap.com
For a 1920s map showing the location of the parish click on the thumbnail on the left

	Shillingstone is a parish and a village on the River Stour and also on the main road from Sturminster Newton to Blandford. It had a railway station sited on the Midland and South Westerrn Joint railway. The Church of the Holy Rood is built of stone and has a chancel in the Early English style, a nave, north aisle, south porch and square embattled tower holding 5 bells, one dating from 1622. The church was restored in 1889 when the north aisle was added. The registers date from 1654.
There was a Wesleyan chapel in the village. In the centre of the village there is an old cross [seen on the left of the adjoining photograph]. There are remains of another cross in the churchyard and the base of a third on the Blandford road. Whitehill is a hamlet 1 miles south east and Gainscross 2 miles south east. The Church of England School was built in 1855 and enlarged several times. The population in 1891 was 546.
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Census	1841 Census 1861 Census Reg Howard 1871 Census Mike Weiner
Parish Registers BTs ~ Bishop's Transcripts PRs ~ Parish Registers	Baptisms 1781-1812 [BTs] 1813-1837 [BTs & PRs] Nigel Kennard & Mike Weiner 1838-1864 & 1865-1899 [PRs] Mike Weiner Marriages 1781-1812, 1813-1837 [BTs] 1837-1901 [PRs] Burials 1778-1812, 1813-1837 Burial database donated by Robert Hurley, please see notes on the pages 1654-1720, 1721-1800, 1801-1850, 1851-1900, 1901-1977
Curate & Clerks	A list of Curates & Clerks in the parish by Ann Peters
Military Records	Shillingstone & the Army - a list of all men from the parish who have served by Ann Peters
Monumental Inscriptions	An index of all the names on Monumental Inscriptions in the church yard
Directories	Kelly's 1899, 1920, 1931 & 1939 by Annette Rose
Other Records	Extracts from the Dorset Quarter Sessions Extracts from Parish Council Minutes Will of William Melmoth d1879 [Dawn Good]
Links	Shillingstone - The Story of a Dorset Village Edited by REV. J. H. COOKE. Rector of Shillingstone
Maps	The 1891 Ordnance Survey maps of the parish can be seen at the old-maps site, just enter 'Shillingstone' under place search.
	For modern location maps & aerial views visit:- www.multimap.com For a 1920s map showing the location of the parish click on the thumbnail on the left
Shillingstone from an old postcard circa 1910. The building on the right is the village post office	Shillingstone Station circa 1910