Todber

Todber Church (dedication unknown)
Courtesy Michael Day (Dorset Churches)

Todber (or Todbere) is a small parish, 4½ miles north-east from Sturminster Newton, and 5 south-west from Shaftesbury, in the Northern division of the county, hundred of Redlane, Shaftesbury petty sessional division, union and county court district, rural deanery of Shaftesbury (Shaftesbury portion), archdeaconry of Dorset, and diocese of Salisbury.

The church, dedication unknown, was rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, in 1879, by Elizabeth Marchioness of Westminster, on the old site, in the Early English and Perpendicular : it consists of chancel, nave, vestry, and a tower containing a bells, dated 1736-7, one of which was recast in 1879. The register dates from the year 1653.

The soil is sand and loam; subsoil, green sandstone, which is worked for building purposes and metalling roads. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and beans. The area is 373 acres.

The population in 1901 was 131.

(Extract from Kelly's Directory 1915)

Manor Farm (view from Church yard)

The new Online Parish Clerk (OPC) for Todber is Rosy Treasure

As well as the information already online Rosy has access to MIs and to some transcripts of the parish registers. More material will appear online in the future. Please note Rosy does not live locally.