Buckland Ripers

St Nicholas Church with kind permission of Peter Walker http://www.peterwalker.info/	Buckland Ripers is a hamlet 2 miles south-west of Upwey and 4 miles north-west of Weymouth. The small church was built in 1655 after fire destroyed the earlier medieval church. It is dedicated to St Nicholas and has 100 sittings, the registers date from 1665. Buckland derives from the Old English bocland 'charter land', Ripers is a manorial addition from the family of de Riuers or de Ripariis there in the 13th Century.
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Most of the material on this page was provided by Maureen Branson the former OPC for the Parish
Census	1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911
Parish Registers	Baptisms 1695-1898 Marriages 1695-1943 Burials 1696-1976
Postal Directories	1844 & 1851 Directory
Monumental Inscriptions	St Nicholas
Photographs
Useful Links	A Brief History of Manor and Church [External]
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Records held at the Dorset History Centre [Ref PE-BCR]	Registers Christenings 1695-1708, 1724-1730, 1736-1982. Marriages 1695-1711, 1719, 1725-1810, 1816-1949. Burials 1696-1706, 1719, 1724, 1730, 1751-1976.
Registration District (for the purpose of civil registration births, marriages & deaths)	1 Jul 1837-31 Mar 1997: Weymouth 1 Apr 1997-30 Sep 2001: South Dorset 1 Oct 2001-17 Oct 2005: South & West Dorset Note: Buckland Ripers civil parish abolished 1894, added to Radipole; Radipole abolished 31 Mar 1993 divided between Weymouth and Chickerell

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