Weymouth & Melcombe Regis


	The seaside town of Weymouth lies in the south west of the county of Dorset, with the county town of Dorchester 6 miles to the north. The best introduction to the town of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis I have found is from a Ward Lock illustrated guide book from 1935 and as I couldn't explain it any better myself I will quote here: "Strictly speaking, Weymouth is a tiny old seaport fringed with newer houses, on the right bank of the little river Wey, while the bigger, more bustling seaside town which is strung out along the bay, northward from the left bank, is Melcombe - originally called after an ancient mill long since disappeared - with 'Regis' added to indicate that it formed part of a royal domain. For the sake of convenience, however, and following popular custom, the name Weymouth by itself is used..." Weymouth did not have its own Anglican church until Holy Trinity was built in the 1830s and therefore you will find many Weymouth baptisms, marriages and deaths before that time on the Wyke Regis pages.
The OPC for Weymouth & Melcombe Regis is Jennifer Dando Unfortunately we are currently unable to contact Jennifer

Bishop's Transcripts Melcombe Regis St Mary's	Baptisms 1731-1740, 1741-1750, 1751-1760, 1761-1770, 1771-1780, 1781-1790, 1791-1800, 1801-1810, 1811-1820, 1821-1830, 1831-1840, 1841-1845, 1846-1850, 1851-1855, 1856-1860, 1861-1865, 1866-1870, 1871-1880 Marriages 1731-1740, 1741-1750, 1751-1760, 1761-1770, 1771-1780, 1781-1790, 1791-1800, none until 1813, 1814-1820, 1821-1830, 1831-1840, 1841-1850 Burials 1731-1740, 1741-1750, 1751-1760, 1761-1770, 1771-1780, 1781-1790, 1791-1800, 1801-1810, 1811-1820, 1821-1830, 1831-1840, 1841-1850, 1851-1860, 1861-1870, 1871-1880
Bishop's Transcripts Melcombe Regis St John's	Baptisms 1856-1868, 1871-1880 (courtesy Terry Pine)
Bishop's Transcripts Weymouth St Nicholas Independent	Baptisms 1734-1739
Bishop's Transcripts Weymouth Holy Trinity	Baptisms 1836-1840, 1841-1850, 1851-1860, 1861-1870, 1871-1880 Burials 1847-1854
Parish Registers Melcombe Regis, St Mary's	Marriages 1618-1648, 1649-1687 Burials 1560-1575 - currently unavailable
Census	Melcombe Regis 1841 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 1851 Dist. 3A, Dist 3B, Dist 3C, Dist 3D, Dist 3E 1861 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 Weymouth 1851 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Barracks, Workhouse 1861 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Workhouse, Ships in Port (Courtesy Royston Clarke) 1891 Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Barracks
Photographs & Postcards	Jennifer Dando, Jacky Machin, Mary Amelia Gould
Directories Weymouth	Directory of Weymouth 1816, Pigots 1823, Pigots 1844, Hunts 1851, Post Office 1859
Directories Melcombe Regis	Post Office 1859 Commercial A - H, I - P, O - Z, & Private
Wills	James Tizard 1783 Matthew Langrish 1803 Samuel Weston 1817 Henry Hayes Tizard 1835 Charles Frederick Payne 1851 Catherine Tizard 1854 Samuel Prankerd 1903 Joseph Summers Christopher 1902
Other Records	Visitation 1623 Perambulating of the Boundaries 1896 Mayors 1615-1823 Dorset Poll Book 1807 Rectors of Melcombe Regis
Records held at the Dorset History Centre	Please see separate Page
Links	Transcription of names on Weymouth War Memorial for WWI Transcription of names on Weymouth War Memorial for WWII Weymouth Crematorium - Names of Soliders who lost their lives in WWII and were cremated here Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild - List of 106 persons bound for New England from the port of Weymouth, March 20, 1636 Workhouse - The Story of Workhouses - use the search box & input Weymouth, the first result gives some pictures of the workhouse, the majority of the other results are Weymouth strays in various workhouses across the country. Burial records search - Weymouth, Melcombe Regis and Wyke Regis. Over 29,000 records of burial from 1856 to 1996 Roll of Honour - The D-day Memorial The History of Weymouth and its surrounding parishes, many wonderful pictures. Weymouths Georgian Seafront Architecture -this site has many modern pictures and some unusual postcard views of Weymouth & Melcombe Regis, it also contains good information on the buildings and streets of Weymouth Weymouth and Portland in old postcards - a site with lots of old postcards of Weymouth and surrounds

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