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December 2017 (16 records added this month) NOTICE:- On Wednesday December 20th 2017 Roots web (which hosts this website) took down Roots Web. Although Ancestry.com who own Roots web will be restoring the site in due course it is still not available as at 9th Jan 2018. As a free service it has a low priority at Ancestry and as there was a similar major outage in Feb 2016 I have decided to return hosting of Dorchester and Fordington to the main OPC site. There are 2,222 files attached to Dorchester and Fordington and some re-routing of files is necessary so it will take a while to fully restore service. 16th - Update to Militia Lists 1758 List of 283 inhabitants of Dorchester giving occupation (12 men from tythings of Colliton Row and Frome Whitefield added to Holy Trinity Parish added) 15th - Will of William CHURCHILL (1738-1799) Gentleman of Colliton Dorchester - (With genealogical notes on family relationships) 13th - Will of William CHURCHILL (1693-1759) Gentleman of Colliton Dorchester - (With genealogical notes on family relationships) 6th - Will of Charles CHURCHILL (1658-1723) Gentleman of Fordington - (With genealogical notes on family relationships) 2nd - Will of Eleanor CHURCHILL (c1571-1641) Widow of Dorchester - (With genealogical notes on family relationships) November 2017 (121 records added this month) 28th - Will of John CHURCHILL (1657-1709) Gentleman of Dorchester - (With genealogical notes on family relationships) 28th - Will of William CHURCHILL (1627-1702) Gentleman of Dorchester - (With genealogical notes on family relationships) 28th - Will of William CHURCHILL (1541-1602 )Gentleman of Dorchester - (With genealogical notes on family relationships) 28th - Will of John CHURCHILL (1512-1557) Gentleman of Dorchester - (With genealogical notes on family relationships) 21st - Update to History of Christchurch West Fordington (Account of the life of Rev Eric James BODINGTON (1863-1929) MA - served as curate of Christ Church from 1886-1889 added) 19th - Significant update to Charles CHRISTOPHER (1700-1791) of Fordington (Many more descendants added including several families that emigrated to Australia.) 18th - Update to Fordington Strays File (1577-1926) (3 entries added, now totals 594 entries) 18th - Update to Dorchester Strays File (1597-1914) (4 entries added now totals 821 entries) 9th - Update to Fordington St George Burials 1866-1887 (109 Burials for 1886 to 1887 inc added - new total 1301 records) October 2017 (29 records added this month) 25th - Update to the History of The Baptist Church in Dorchester & Fordington (1645-2017) - (6 Marriages added to the Dorford Chapel Registers + another pastor identified 1904/1907 etc) 12th - Research Document for the life of Thomas CHRISTOPHER (1763-1827) Militia Man of Fordington, Melcombe Regis, Poole, and Lytchett Minster (grandson of Charles Christopher (1705-1791) of Fordington) 4th - Holy Trinity Baptisms 1670-1738 (omission of the baptism on 17 Dec 1727 for Robert son of Robert Crabtree, added (total records now 1,692 ) 4th - NOTE: New E.Mail Address :- russellmike1946[insert the @ symbol here]gmail.com 2nd - Update to Biography of James CHRISTOPHER (1764-1847) Agricultural Labourer of Dorset part of the House of CHRISTOPHER (added more information about his son Andrew Christopher who raised a family in Canada) September 2017 (4 record added this month) 27th - Update to Company of Freemen - Apprentices Indentures (1710-1811) " (3 indentures added - total now 461 Records for Dorchester 56 for Fordington) 21st - Update to Biography of George CHRISTOPHER (1771-1843) Agricultural Labourer of Dorset part of the House of CHRISTOPHER (added more information about baptism of Jane Dorey (1775-1835) and the original church at West Lulworth) August 2017 (194 records added this month) 28th - Update to Dorchester People in Historical Documents (1700-1942) (6 additional entries made - total now 241 entries) 20th - Update to Fordington St George Burials 1866-1886 (77 Burials for 1886 added - new total 1330 records) 2nd - Fordington St George Marriage Banns 1766-1786 (95 Records) 2nd - Update to the Biography of John POUNCY (1818-1894) & Walter POUNCY (1844-1918) Pioneers in Photography (a new carte de viste card added) 1st - Fordington St George's Church Tombstones Moved in 1907 + images (13 Records) July 2017 (6 records added this month) 23rd - Update to Dorchester Strays File (1597-1914) (5 entries added now totals 817 entries) 30th - Will of William THOMAS Hosier of Dorchester - 1805 (With genealogical notes on family relationships) June 2017 (275 records added this month) 11th - Update to West Fordington Christ Church Marriage Banns 1847-1890 (88 Banns added mainly for 1887 -1890 - now totals 363 records) 5th - Update to Holy Trinity Marriages 1800-1890 (43 marriages added for years 1886 -1890 inc) 4th - Update to All Saints Marriages 1800-1890 (13 new marriages added for years 1888 to 1890 now totals 469 records) 3rd - Update to West Fordington Christ Church Marriages 1847-1890 (24 new records added for years 1883-1890 now totals 246 marriages) 2nd - Update to Fordington St George Marriages 1860-1890 (77 Marriages added 1886-1890) 2nd - Update to St Peters Dorchester Marriages 1801-1890, - (30 new marriages added for the period 1886-1890 & her father added after Brides name for 1883-1885) May 2017 (235 records added this month) 30th - Militia List 1763 for Dorchester (23 Records) and St Georges Fordington (6 Records - but these records also include names for many other surrounding parishes in the Dorchester sub division) 26th - Link to external site covering the life of William CHURCHILL [1627-1702] of Colliton House Dorchester & Fordington 26th - Link to external site covering the life of John CHURCHILL [1622-1682] of Colliton House Dorchester & Fordington 25th - Link to external site covering the life of John CHURCHILL [1657-1709] of Colliton House Dorchester & Fordington 11th - Military Chelsea Pensioners born in Dorchester 1715-1925 - (235 records investigated where birth recorded as Dorchester, many in fact come from surrounding parishes see notes against names) April 2017 (208 records added this month) 23rd - Update to Fordington Strays File (1577-1926) (5 entries added, now totals 591 entries) 23rd - Update to Dorchester Strays File (1597-1914) (97 entries added now totals 812 entries) 23rd - Militia List 1766 for Dorchester (35 Records) and St Georges Fordington (13 Records - but these records also include names for many other surrounding parishes in the Dorchester sub division) 14th - Militia List 1777 for Dorchester (41 Records) and St Georges Fordington (9 Records - but these records also include names for many other surrounding parishes in the Dorchester sub division) 12th - Update to Serjeants at Mace (List of 20 holders of the office) [George Chaffey added as a Sergeant of Mace in 1777] 2nd - Update to Fordington St George Marriages 1837-1859 (new information added about Robert BLANDAMER (1815-1869) marriage to Eve Dewland on 23 Jun 1848 and their family) 1st - Dorchester Bastardy Orders (3 records added - now 4 in total, these are all that I have located so far) March 2017 (77 records added this month) 18th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 27 Charitable Institutions (The Hospital, Gifts and Charities set up for the Poor) 12th - Update to Aldermen & Capital Burgesses of Dorchester (added the names of 15 Capital Burgesses in 1610) 11th - Update to Dorchester Trade Tokens (Revised account of the life of Simon Eyre (b.1641/1649 - 1672) 10th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 26 Antiquities of Dorchester 8th Update to - Execution of Silvester WILKINS from Bridport at Dorchester Gaol in 1833 (additional information added about the mercy weights used in his execution) 8th Update to - Life, Trial, & Execution of Elizabeth Martha BROWN (Nee CLARKE) (1811-1856) (additional information added about the discovery of a Roman Mosaic in Dorchester Prison yard when digging her grave) 7th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 25 Holy Trinity Church of Dorchester February 2017 (72 records added this month) 12th - Update to Charles CHRISTOPHER (1700-1791) of Fordington (Update on his grandaughter Sarah Christopher (1764-1849) and his great grandaughter Jane Fox (b.1797) who married Joseph Shepherd (b.1789) who was convicted of machine breaking as a part of the Swing Riots of 1830 and sentenced to 7 years transportation to Australia.) 8th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 24 St Peters Church of Dorchester 3rd- Update to the Biography of Sir Francis ASHLEY JP [1569 –1635] Recorder of Dorchester (addition of a transcription of the will of his widow Anne Lady Ashley and changes to layout) 2nd - Update to Index of Dorchester Wills (1413-1700) (72 new wills indexed, many now linked to burials and listing beneficiaries - now totals 428 Wills) January 2017 (4 records added this month) 29th - Update to Biography of Richard BUSHROD [1575 –1628] Merchant Adventurer of Dorchester (Various updates inc marriage of John Bushrod [1612-1683/4] The Elder and addition of some descendants) 28th - Biography of Dr John GORDON (1728-1774) Slave Owner born in Scotland, lived in Jamaica, died at Dorchester December 2016 (14 Records added this month) 18th - Biography of The Williams Family of Herringston and Dorchester from the 16th century. 4th - Update to the Biography of Henry PLOWMAN (1779-1842) Royal Navy Surgeon November 2016 (847 Records added this month) 19th - Index (only) to "The Visitation of Dorset" taken in 1677 17th - Update to Glossary of 17th & 18th Century terms (79 entires added since 2013 now has 531 entries) 14th - The Civil Divisions of the County of Dorset by Edward Boswell Dorchester 2nd edition published 1833 5th - Update to The ARDEN Family 16 Times Mayors of Dorchester ( Daniel ARDEN (1623-1671) gold and silver smith of Dorchester added ) 3rd - Update to The Dorchester Company (1624-1626) [Links to 24 Biography's] (More Information added on 4 members of the DERBY Family of Beaminster & Dorchester (All Investors in the Dorchester Co) 1st - Biography of William DERBY (1588-1649) Gentleman, and Mercer of Dorchester. October 2016 (138 Records added this month) 28th - Will of William DERBY (1588-1649) Gentleman, and Mercer of Dorchester. 23rd - Update to Serjeants at Mace (List of 19 holders of the office) [John Conduit added as a Sergeant of Mace in 1622] 22nd- Update to the Biography of John BROWNE (1582-1659) JP of Dorchester & Frampton [more information about his daughter Jane added] 16th - Update to The Dorchester Company (1624-1626) [Links to 24 Biography's] (Information about one of the 119 investors, William Gosley and his son, added) 14th - External link added to History of Dorchester by James Savage published 1837 14th - External link added to Biography of George TRENCHARD I [c1548-1630] MP 1572 & Recorder for Dorchester 1610/11 14th - Update to Dorchester People in Historical documents (1559-1699) (45 new records added inc execution of Thomas Pilchard in 1587- now totals 544 records) 1st - Update to Dorchester Church Officials File (from 1068) (84 entries added now totals 337 entries) 1st John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 23 All Saints Church of Dorchester 1st John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 22 Bridges, Houses and People of Dorchester 1st - Will of William PITT (d.1687) Gentleman, Alderman and Mayor of Dorchester in 1667 and 1684 September 2016 (1 Record added this month) 25th -Biography of William BARNES (1801-1886) Poet and Philologist 3rd - Link to external site covering the life of William BARNES [1801-1886] Poet Etc ( In Dorchester: Solicitors Clerk 1818-1823, Schoolmaster 1835-1862.) August 2016 (26 Records added this month) 29th- Update to The Life, Condemnation, Trial and Execution of Mary CHANNING (nee BROOKES) , 1705/6 (Information added about her youngest brother Thomas Brooks and his descendants + more links to other files added) 29th - Update to Fordington Strays File (1577-1926) (9 entries + information on the Brooks Family added, now totals 586 entries) 27th - Hayne Family of Dorchester Mercers from the 14th Century (With genealogical notes on family relationships) 7th - Update to Aldermen & Capital Burgesses of Dorchester (added the names of 17 Capital Burgesses in 1548) July 2016 (18 Records added this month) 7th - Will of Richard BARKER Yeoman of Dorchester - 1621 (With genealogical notes on many Dorchester residents mentioned in the will) 4th - Update to The COLSON Family Apothecaries of Dorchester from 1596 (new information added placing earliest date in Dorchester back from 1621 to before 1596) 1st - Update to Emigration to New England in the 17th Century (more information on 16 original settlers at Cape Ann added) 1st - Link added to Old Planters by G H Phippen Essex Institute Historical Collections (See index pages 201 to 206) June 2016 (1 Record added this month) 6th - Update to Postcards of Fordington & St Georges Church (Watercolour and pencil sketch of Fordington Hill added). 6th - Update to the Life of Henry Joseph Moule (1825–1904) (Watercolour and pencil sketch of Fordington Hill added). May 2016 (331 Records added this month) 19th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 21 The Barracks of Dorchester (with information links to The Keep Museum website and 3 postcards pictures of the Keep) 19th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 20 Shire Hall of Dorchester 17th- Update to the Life of Rev .William BENN , (1600-1680) Rector of All Saints & Founder of Dorchester Congregational Church (Image also added of quarter sessions order appointing him as chaplain of Dorchester Gaol in 1630) 17th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 19 Dorchester Gaol 14th -Biography of Emily Bertha CHRISTOPHER (1888-1960) & her husband Percy Nicholas McNALLY (1885-1967) added as the 11th generation of the House of CHRISTOPHER 11th - Great Fire of Dorchester - 25th March 1725 (285 names referred to) 9th - Update to Holy Trinity Baptisms 1618-1669 Missing page for June 1667 to November 1668 located (38 baptisms added now holds 1,521 records) 5th - Poor Law Removal Order rescinded for removal of Edward and Sarah Dowding - 1753 April 2016 (1 Record added this month) 29th - Will of Joseph GIGGER Grocer of Dorchester - 1718 March 2016 (106 Records added this month) 23rd - Freemason Admission Records Durnovarian Lodge (1775-1820) (106 Records - some lived elsewhere eg Weymouth, Sherborne, Maiden Newton, etc) 23rd - Update to 1861 Census for Dorchester St Peters Parish (Part 2) District 5, - (Illegible Names now identified and added - some corrections) 23rd - Update to 1861 Census for Dorchester St Peters Parish (Part 1) District 5, - (Illegible Names now identified and added - some corrections) 22nd - Update to 1861 Census for Dorchester Holy Trinity Parish (Part 2) end of District 3 and start of District 4, - (Illegible Names now identified and added - some corrections) UPDATE:- 19 Mar 2016: Site now fully restored - Please let me know of any problems encountered with the restored files or broken links. Mike Russell NOTICE:- 17 Mar 2016: On Wednesday 24th February 2016 Rootsweb (which hosts this website) suffered a major hardware failure. Although Ancestry.com who own Rootsweb restored the basic site on 14th March this shows a position as it was around the end of July 2015 In addition to all the files listed below since July I have made about 1,000 other minor adjustments to the site mainly adding explanation and cross references. It will be necessary therefore to reload the whole site and this will take me a while as I need to check that the backup is fully up to date. I will post a further notice when this has been done - Mike Russell February 2016 (265 Records added this month) 13th - Wills of William & Rebecca BRIDLE Maltster of Dorchester - 1781 & 1794 (With genealogical notes on family relationships) 5th - Update to Holy Trinity Dorchester Marriage Banns 1853-1885 (54 records for the years 1881 to 1885 inc added - now totals 406 records) 1st - Update to St Peters Dorchester Marriages 1801-1885, - (22 new marriages added for the period 1883-1885) 1st - Update to St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1851-1885, - (103 new baptisms added for years1883 to 1885 inc) 1st - Update to Holy Trinity Baptisms 1851-1885 (84 new baptisms added for years 1883 to 1885 inc now totals 1,357 records) January 2016 (683 Records added this month) 30th - Update to All Saints Baptisms 1851-1882 (43 new baptisms added for years 1883 to 1885 inc - now totals 772 records) 29th - Update to Fordington St George Burials 1866-1885 (170 Burials for 1883 to 1885 inc added - new total 1083 records) 27th - Will of Thomas LYMINGTON [LENINGTON] of Egliston Tyneham who died at Dorchester - 1660 27th - Update to Fordington Christchurch Baptisms 1881-1885 (176 Baptisms added for years 1883-5 inclusive) 27th - Update to History of Christchurch West Fordington (Account of the life of Rev Charles Arthur Monk Smith (1859-1950) curate of Christchurch 1883-1886 added) 22nd -Biography of John CHRISTOPHER (1844-1923) & his wife Ellen CHANNING (1855-1924) Of Cheselbourne added to the House of CHRISTOPHER (Provides background information on their 13 children and 7 grandchildren which also connect to the main Christopher Family Tree) 22nd - Will of Richard FUDGE Butcher of Dorchester - 1836 22nd - Update to Fordington St George Baptisms 1881-1885 (224 baptisms for years 1883 to 1885 inc added to file- now totals 379 records) 21st - Use and meaning of Religious Christian Names used in Dorchester & Fordington 21st - Update to Photographs of Fordington High St (correction made to account of the life of George Trevett Innkeeper of Noah's Ark Inn ) 19th - Update to Dorchester People in Historical Documents (1700-1923) (11 additional entries made - total now 235 entries + additional image) 15th - Update to the Will of Revd Abel EDWARDS (1747-1826) Dissenting Minister of Dorchester - 1826 (of the Presbyterian Chapel in Pease Lane) More information now provided on his family 11th - Military Chelsea Pensioners born in Dorchester who Served in Canada 1743-1882 - 36 records December 2015 (127 Records added this month) 19th -Biography of Joseph CHRISTOPHER (1774-1863) & his wife Ruth BUSSELL (1776-1857) Of Cheselbourne added to the House of CHRISTOPHER (Provides background information on 127 separate Christopher families descendants of Joseph & Ruth living or born in Cheselbourne which also connect to the main Christopher Family Tree) October 2015 (5 Records added this month) 22nd - Postcards of Dorchester Romantic Cards (1910-1918) (2 cards and a picture added) 6th - Revision and update to Postcards of Fordington & St Georges Church (2 postcards added) August 2015 (19 Records added this month) 30th - Update to Biography of Captain Anthony EAMES (1595-1686) Churchwarden & Constable of Fordington (to take account of Anthony Eames his wife Margery and son Mark Eames being beneficiaries under will of Roger Kete in 1620) 29th - Will of Roger KETE [KEATE] Gentleman of Fordington - 1620 28th - Studies in Dorset History by Maureen Weinstock published by Longmans Dorchester Ltd 1953 Partial Index names of people and ships at Weymouth 1st half 17th century 27th - Significant update to Biography of Richard BUSHROD [1575 –1628] Merchant Adventurer of Dorchester 18th - Links added to the 4 volumes of the Genealogical Dictionary of The First Settlers of New England by James Savage published Boston 1860 Settlers A - C Settlers D - J Settlers K - R Settlers S - Z 11th - Link added to book History of the Town of Dorchester Massachusetts a narrative history of the town by the Dorchester Antiquarian & Historical Society Published Boston 1859 11th - Index to Memoirs of Roger Clap (1609-1690/1) , as shown below 11th - Link added to book Memoirs of Roger Clap (1609-1690/1) who emigrated on board the 'Mary & John' in 1630 10th - Index to Landing at Cape Anne, as shown below 10th - Link added to book Landing at Cape Anne, or, The charter of the first permanent colony on the territory of the Massachusetts Company ... with ... a history of the colony, 1624-1628, by Roger Conant Govenor - 1854, 9th - Link to external site Rev.John WHITE's Rectory - Article published by J.E.Acland - 1922 (available on the Dorset County Museum website) 9th - Significant update to Biography of Stephen WHITE(1576-1629) Gentleman, brother of Rev John White (1575-1648) and investor on the Dorchester Co of 1624) 9th - Will of Tobie SANDFORD Gentleman & Physician of Dorchester - 1621/3 (small correction made to original transcription) 9th - Link to external site covering the life of William WHITEWAY [1599-1635] The younger, the Diarist 1618-1635 (A transcription of his will is already on this site) 9th - Link to external site covering the life of William WHITEWAY [1570--1640] The elder, Mayor of Dorchester 1631/2 (Father of the above) 4th - Update to Fordington Strays File (1577-1926) (10 entries + information on the Ballard Family added, now totals 577 entries) 4th - Further Update to Biography of Thomas GRIGG (1857-1932) Photographic Artist of Dorchester ( another two of his photographs added & text updated for dating photographs) July 2015 (146 Records added this month) 2nd - Update to the History of the Eldridge Pope Brewery - from 1833 (2 more images added to the account) 26th - Update to the Biography of John POUNCY (1818-1894) & Walter POUNCY (1844-1918) Pioneers in Photography (a new carte de viste card and 4 newspaper reports added) 26th - Update to Harrod's Directory 1865 for Dorchester & Fordington, (2 advertisements added) 19th - Other Militia Documentation (1 Record) 19th - Militia List 1796 for the Parishes of All Saints, St Peters and Holy Trinity (118 Records) 8th - Trial, & Execution of William KENNEDY (1811-1830) 4th - Biography of Henry PLOWMAN Royal Navy Surgeon 2nd - Biography of HUNT Family Of Fordington & Dorchester from 1587 (This research is extensive but far from complete, I have place live so that it can be easily accessed) June 2015 (140 Records added this month) 18th - Monumental Inscriptions Holy Trinity Church (59 records) 2nd - Update to Holy Trinity Marriages 1800-1885 (28 marriages added for years 1883 to 1885 inc) 2nd - Update to All Saints Dorchester Marriage Banns 1825-1887 (File updated & extended to cover Banns for 1881-1887 - 53 Records added now totals 341 Records) May 2015 (270 Records added this month) 31st - Update to West Fordington Christ Church Marriage Banns 1847-1885 (56 Banns added for 1883 and 1885 - now totals 275 records) 29th - Revision of History of Christchurch & St Mary's Churches in Dorchester (History extended, more Pictures, links and updates to text and information on serving Vicars) 28th - St Marys: Monumental Inscriptions from 1912 (Listing of Inscriptions in the Church & Garden of Remembrance- 193 Records) 14th - Property Owned by Holy Trinity Church (Listing Leases with addresses, owners and occupiers - 193 Records) 4th - Update to the Life of Samuel Cromleholme (1618-1672) Master of the Free School of Dorchester (1651-1657) (More information and images regarding his burial in the Mercer's Chapel) 3rd - Biography of Arthur William CHRISTOPHER Signal Fitter of Essex completed and added to the House of CHRISTOPHER April 2015 (11 Records added this month) 30th - Significant update to CHRISTOPHER FAMILIES of Edmondsham and Hazelbury Bryan (c1569-1756) Revision to the account of the life of Humphrey Christopher (1692-1776) adding 11 children. March 2015 (2 Records added this month) 30th - Biography of Henry CHRISTOPHER Junior (1838-1914) Journeyman Smith, Engine Driver, Engineer and Signal Fitter. 26th - Update to the Biography of Henry CHRISTOPHER Senior (1814-1865) Labourer on Great Western Railway, Platelayer on Eastern Counties Railway and Inspector on Ottoman Railway Company 10th - Will of Eleanor HUNT nee Chubb Widow of Fordington - 1703 February 2015 (683 Records added this month) 27th - Link to article in Dorset Life about Williams & Co known as The Old Bank ( situated at 1 & 2 High West Street Dorchester) 25th - Update to Postcards of Fordington & St Georges Church (Another postcard added showing church before final extension circa 1929) 25th - Letter of Administration and Inventory of Ambrose HUNT Yeoman of Fordington - 1680/1 25th - Ordnance Survey Map of East Dorchester & Fordington 1901 25th - Ordnance Survey Map of West Dorchester 1901 24th - Ordnance Survey Map of Fordington 1886 24th - Ordnance Survey Map of Dorchester 1886 19th - Letter of Administration for the estate of Christian HUNT Spinster of Fordington - 1600 19th - Will of Ambrose HUNT Senior Husbandman of Fordington - 1661 13th - Update to Aldermen & Capital Burgesses of Dorchester (added the names of 20 Capital Burgesses in 1560) 12th - Update to Index of Dorchester Wills (1701-1800) (41 new Letters of Administration added - now totals 636 Wills & LA's) 12th - Update to Index of Dorchester Wills (1413-1700) (72 new Letters of Administration added - now totals 425 Wills & LA's) 12th - Will of Joan HUNT Husbandman of Fordington - 1609 15th - Update to Fordington Wills Index (1401-1955) & (26 new Letters of Administration added - now totals 538Wills & LA's) 12th - Will of Ambrose HUNT Husbandman of Fordington - 1588 12th - Will of Elizabeth HUNT Widow of Fordington - 1594 3rd - Duties paid for Apprentice's Indentures 1710-1811 (457 New Records for Dorchester & 56 for Fordington) January 2015 (345 Records added this month) 30th - Link to external site covering the John WHITEWAY JP [1614-1677] Mayor of Dorchester 1645 & 1658 28th - Will of Thomas HERNE Surgeon of Dorchester - 1700 28th - Will of Joshua COLSON Apothecary of Dorchester - 1696 28th - Will of Rev.John COLSON MA Rector of Frampton, buried at Dorchester - 1769 28th - Will of Sarah COLSON Spinster of Dorchester - 1667 28th - Update to Poor Law Records - Holy Trinity Vestry Minutes (1751-1790) (This file now completed 348 sets of minutes - further minutes will be the subject of a separate file) 26th -The COLSON Family Apothecaries of Dorchester from 1621 21st - Will of Jasper COLSON Apothecary of Dorchester - 1667 21st - Town Clerks of Dorchester from 1629 (Background information updated from Municipal records of Dorchester) 15th -Will of Revd. Thomas Morton Colson Clerk - 1830 10th - West Fordington Christ Church Marriages 1847-1887 (68 new records now totals 222 marriages) 8th - Update to All Saints Marriages 1800-1887 (18 new marriages added for years 1883 to 1887 now totals 469 records) 8th - Pitfield Families of Fordington from 1685 (Links to 7 more families added making 57 Families in Fordington and Dorchester) 8th - Update to Fordington St George Marriages 1860-1885 (48 new marriages for the years 1883 to 1885 Inc added - new total 438 records) 7th - Update to Fordington St George Burials 1837-1850 (1 Burial from Dorset County Hospital now linked to DHC Admission Register- eg normally gives age occupation home parish & cause of death) 7th - Update to Fordington St George Burials 1851-1865 (6 Burials from Dorset County Hospital now linked to DHC Admission Register- eg normally gives age occupation home parish & cause of death) 7th - Update to Holy Trinity Dorchester Burials 1838-1874 (31 Burials from Dorset County Hospital now linked to DHC Admission Register- eg normally gives age occupation home parish & cause of death ) 5th - Further Update to Biography of Thomas GRIGG (1857-1932) Photographic Artist of Dorchester ( another of his photographs added & text updated for dating photographs) 2nd - Link to external site covering the History of Dorset County Hospital ( Includes a short history, admission registers 1847-1862; Newspaper entries and some Biographical notes) 2nd - Update to Biography of Rev John WHITE (1575-1648) (additional information added on parents) 1st - Further update to the Biography of Rev John BALL (1591-1639) Rector of Langton Matravers 1st - Link added to Uselful Links: Visitation of Staffordshire: 1614 +1663/4 December 2014 (234 Records added this month) 21st - Poor Law Records - Holy Trinity Vestry Minutes (1751-1772) (186 sets of minutes) 20th - Update to the History of The Old Malthouse & Noah's Ark Inn - Fordington High St (From c1785-1940) (Three additional 2014 photographs added) 19th - Link added to Uselful Links: Visitation of Lincolnshire: 1634 19th - Link added to Uselful Links: Visitation of Kent: 1619 1663-8 19th - Biography of Charles STOODLEY(d.1690) Mayor of Dorchester in 1682 & his brother Christopher STOODLEY (d.1732/3) 17th - Update to Dorchester People in Historical documents (1559-1699) (21 new records added from Dorset Notes and Queries 1690-1693 - now totals 539) 16th - Update to Dorchester People in Historical Documents (1700-1923) (24 additional entries made - total now 224 entries) 15th - Update to the Biography of Rev John BALL (1591-1639) Rector of Langton Matravers 14th - Update to Glossary entry for Posey Rings (Expanded to include a section and examples of death head rings) 13th - Link added to Uselful Links: Visitation of Gloucestershire: 1623 13th - Link added to Uselful Links: Visitation of Shropshire: 1623: November 2014 (182 Records added this month) 19th - Poor Law Records - Holy Trinity Vestry Minutes (1728-1750) (143 sets of minutes) 16th - Update to Dorchester Church Officials File (from 1068) (39 entries added now totals 253 entries) October 2014 (35 Records added this month) 31st - Update to Holy Trinity Baptisms (1771-1812) (Info. on parentage of bastard Thomas Canterbury bap 17th Mar 1790 added) 31st - Update to Dorchester Church Officials File (from 1068) (35 entries added now totals 253 entries) August 2014 (2 Records added this month) 28th -Will of John FOOT Carpenter & Joiner of Dorchester - 1831 (Updated) 28th - Biography of Henry CHRISTOPHER (1814-1865) Labourer on Great Western Railway, Platelayer on Eastern Counties Railway and Inspector on Ottoman Railway Company completed and added to the House of CHRISTOPHER July 2014 (202 Records added this month) 18th - Biography of Sir Frederick TREVES (1853-1923) Baronet and renowned Surgeon of Dorchester 16th - Dorchester People found in Historical Documents (1700-1923) (200 entries) 16th - Biography of George CHRISTOPHER (1771-1843) Agricultural Labourer of Dorset completed and added to the House of CHRISTOPHER June 2014 (1 Records added this month) 24th -Will of Thomas FORD Merchant of Dorchester - Will 1610/11 24th - Apologies for the absence of this site last week which was outside my control. You are probably aware of the massive hacker attack on Monday 16th June against Ancestry.com's main site and their associated site' Find a Grave'. Ancestry also support Roots web which hosts this site. Priority was given to Ancestry's paying sites so it has taken a week to bring back Roots web. No data was lost or affected. May 2014 (2 Records added this month) 26th -Will of Tobie SANDFORD Gentleman & Physician of Dorchester - 1621/3 8th - Update to Fordington St George Burials 1813-1836 (Additional information added to 21 burials from Poor Law Records) 6th - Further Update to Biography of Thomas GRIGG (1857-1932) Photographic Artist of Dorchester ( 2 more of his photographs added) April 2014 (5 Records added this month) 28th - Fordington Fire of April 1829 (£3,000 of prOperty destroyed) 28th - Fordington Fires of March 1840 (57 houses destroyed and 250 people homeless) 27th - Link added to Dorchester viewed from the Frome Valley in Tate Gallery by Turner 1811 27th - Link added to Lloyds Bank High West Street est.1835 by Jo Draper in Dorset life 18th - Update to Ancestry File of Charles CHRISTOPHER (1700-1791) of Fordington (information added about Ann SCAMELL (1624-1668) the wife of Humphrey Christopher Senior (1627-1703/4) ) March 2014 (67 Record added this month) 18th - Update to Bailiffs of Dorchester, (1394-1834) (with clarification of Regnal Years) 3rd - Update to Company of Freemen Full transcription of the Charter of James I (1610) to Dorchester and that of Charles I (1629) added to existing Bye Laws (67 people named) February 2014 (3 Records added this month) 26th - The BLACHFORD Family History by A.G. Blachford (by kind permission of Owen Strickland descendant) 26th - The Will of Lawrence ELFORD (1771-1850) Gentleman of Dorchester (dated 1841 not proved until 1850) 3rd - Update to the Life of Rev. Henry Moule (1801–1880) Additional genealogical notes 11 to 13 provided about his wife's ancestry. January 2014 (202 Records added this month) 29th -The CORBIN Family bakers of Dorchester from 1535 27th -Update to Holy Trinity Burials 1619-1652/3 (24 new records located on badly water damaged page but only 6 names can be transcribed in full - now has 808 records) 20th -Will of Richard CORBIN (d.1587) Baker and Capital burgess of Dorchester - 1587 10th - Biography of Rev. John PALMER (1749-1829) Vicar of St Georges Church Fordington with transcription of his and his wife Elizabeth's will. 6th - Baptisms at the Wesleyan Chapel North Square (1831-1837) Most members of the Church came from other parishes which are identifed (72 Records) 5th - The Will of Revd Abel EDWARDS (1747-1826) Dissenting Minister of Dorchester - 1826 (of the Presbyterian Chapel in Pease Lane) 4th - Significant update to Baptisms at the Protestant Dissenters Chapel Pease Lane (1750-1836) of Dorchester ( Full transcription identifies some soldiers & those present at some baptisms + 27 new baptisms added) 1st - Will of Richard HOW (1667-1715) Quaker & Clockmaker of Dorchester 1st - Society of Friends (Quakers) in Dorchester & Fordington (1655-1833) (29 births; 13 marriages; 28 burials + 1 minister & 2 members = 74 Records) December 2013 (2,483 Records added this month) 28th - Update to the Biography of John POUNCY (1818-1894) & Walter POUNCY (1844-1918) Pioneers in Photography (a new carte de viste card added dating from 1869) 15th - Fordington 1881 Census Enumeration District 8 (only) (Sywards Lodge, Louds Rd, Little Briain, Standfast Holloway and Cuckolds Rows - 658 Records) 11th - Fordington 1881 Census Enumeration District 7 (only) (Mill Street - 700 Records) 6th - Fordington 1871 Census West Fordington Barracks The 1871 Census is now complete (283 Records) 5th - Fordington 1871 Census Enumeration District 9 (only) (Includes Union Workhouse - 842 Records) November 2013 (62 Records added this month) 29th - Update to Glossary of 17th Century terms (62 entires added now has 452 entries) 29th - Update to Biography of Rev John WHITE (1575-1648) (additional information added on his sister Eliabeth and her family- this includes links to transcription of 3 more wills for Thomas GARDNER her 1st husband; William ALLEN her 2nd husband and Josiah Gardner her eldest son) October 2013 (18 Records added this month) 21st - Update to Holy Trinity Marriages 1800-1882 (18 marriages added for years 1881 and 1882) September 2013 (138 Records added this month) 28th - Mill Street Mission Fordington - Established 1905 11th - Update to Ancestry File of Charles CHRISTOPHER (1700-1791) of Fordington (Now takes his ancestry back to Charles Christopher (1569-1629) and his wife Anna (1570-1627) 10th - Update to All Saints Marriages 1800-1882 (4 new marriages added for years 1881 & 1882 now totals 451 records) 8th - Update to Holy Trinity Baptisms 1851-1882 (77 new baptisms added for years 1881 & 1882 now totals 1,273 records) 6th - Update to All Saints Baptisms 1851-1882 (27 new baptisms added for years 1882 & 1882 now totals 702 records) 3rd - Significant update to Durngate Independent Church Baptisms File (1778-1837) (18 baptisms added, now totals 221 entries + full transcription which includes parish of birth + short account of the lives of 11 Ministers of the Church) August 2013 (89 Record added this month) 22nd - Update to Fordington Strays File (1577-1926) (25 entries added now totals 567 entries) 22nd - Update to Dorchester Strays File (1597-1880) (60 entries added now totals 712 entries) 14th - Update to Mayors of Dorchester, (1629-2009) (Account of John Henning of Poxwell added who was Mayor in 1570) 6th - Further Update to Biography of Thomas GRIGG (1857-1932) Photographic Artist of Dorchester ( 2 more of his photographs added, advice on dating photographs & genealogical notes amended, ) 4th - Administration of brothers estate granted to Richard PROWSE (1688-1779) cooper of Dorchester - 1740 July 2013 (798 Records added this month) 29th - Fordington Christchurch Baptisms 1881-1882 (107 records) 27th - Update to Fordington St George Baptisms 1837-1850 (16 Missing records for 1840 now added to the file making a total of 1048) 26th - Significant update to St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1851-1882, - (324 new baptisms added for missing years of 1852; 1854; 1856; 1858; 1862; 1864; 1865; 1868; 1871; 1873; 1876; 1880 & extended to 1882) 23rd - Will of John LOCK alias RIDDLE (1785-1828) cork cutter of Fordington -1828 23rd - Update to Biography of William CUMING MD 49 Years Doctor of Physic in Dorchester (Letter addressed to him dated 1st June 1783 added at the end of the biography) 22nd - Significant update to St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1771-1812, - (80 new baptisms added for missing years of 1801; 1803-1805; 1808 and 1809) 22nd - Significant update to St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1851-1850, - (57 new baptisms added for missing years of 1816, 1817, 1839 and 1850) 22nd - Significant update to St Peters Dorchester Marriages 1801-1882, - (207 new marriages added for the period 1848-1882) 19th - Biography of James SINGLETON (1832-1905) Photographer of Dorchester (includes 2 photographs by him) 19th - Pitfield Family Photographs (11 photographs) 19th - Update to the Biography of John POUNCY (1818-1894) & Walter POUNCY (1844-1918) Pioneers in Photography (2 new carte de viste cards added and notes updated) 18th - Update to West Fordington Christ Church Marriages 1847-1882 (16 new marriages added for 1881 & 1882 - now totals 170 records) 16th - Update to West Fordington Christ Church Marriage Banns 1847-1882 (28 Banns added for 1881 and 1882 - now totals 219 records) 15th - Update to Biography of Thomas GRIGG (1857-1932) Photographic Artist of Dorchester ( 6 more of his photographs added) 14th - Will of Sebastian Pitfield (1632-1702) Yeoman of Fordington (Transcription of his Will added to the Pitfield Families file) 10th - Bull's Head Inn 19 Fordington Hill (with information on 7 successive Innkeepers between 1839 and 1927) 8th - Update to the Biography of John WHITE (1590-1645) - Also known as Century White, one of the 119 investors in the Dorchester Company (1624-1626) 4th - Update to Dorchester Serjeants at Mace (List of 16 holders of the office) 4th - Pitfield Families of Fordington from 1685 (Links to 50 Families in Fordington and Dorchester) 1st - Union Arms Tavern in Cuckold's Row/Holloway Road Fordington - 1839-1931 June 2013 (603 Records added this month) 19th - Monumental Inscriptions Transcribed from 4 notebooks compiled by Rev RG Barterlott, Vicar of St Georges Church by Kay Kearsey (445 records) 13th - Will of John BLANDAMER Carrier & part owner of the 'Noah's Ark Inn' in Fordington (1822-1865) 13th - Update to Account of the life of Richard Bury c1584-1661 grocer and apothecary of Dorchester (brother of Damaris Strong) 13th - Will of Damaris Strong (nee Bury) d1681 the 2nd wife of Rev. William Strong (d.1654) (The sister of Richard Bury - with info. about her son Nathaniel Branker of Barbados from her 1st marriage) 6th - Fordington St George Baptisms 1881-1882 (157 records) May 2013 (151 Records added this month) 28th - Update to Fordington St George Marriages 1860-1882 (28 new marriages for the years 1881 and 1882 added - new total 390 records) 25th - Update to Fordington St George Burials 1866-1882 (120 Burials for 1881 & 1882 added - new total 1083 records) 15th - Life, Trial, & Execution of Elizabeth Martha BROWN (Nee CLARKE) (1811-1856) 14th - Link added to Uselful Links: Dorchester British History On-Line 14th - Link added to Uselful Links: Visitation of Wales: 1586-1613: 14th - Link added to Uselful Links: Visitations of London: 1568: & 1633-1635 A-H & 1633-1635 I-Z 14th - Link added to Uselful Links: Visitation of Hertfordshire: 1586 & 1634 14th - Link added to Uselful Links: Visitation of Cornwall: 1620 14th - Link added to Uselful Links: Visitation of Buckinghamshire: 1566 & 1634 14th - Update to the Biography of John WHITE (1590-1645) - Also known as Century White, one of the 119 investors in the Dorchester Company (1624-1626) 7th - Research document into the DART/DARK Families of Fordington, Dorchester and Stinsford April 2013 (50 Records added this month) 22nd - Update to Fordington Strays File (1577-1926) (17 entries added now totals 544 entries) 22nd - Update to Dorchester Strays File (1597-1880) (32 entries added now totals 652 entries) 2nd - History of the Eldridge Pope Brewery - from 1833 March 2013 (19 Records added this month) 13th - Update to Dorchester Church Officials File (from 1068) (19 entries added now totals 217 entries) February 2013 (608 Records added this month) 9th - Major update to Index of Dorchester Wills (1801-1954) (100 new wills indexed, many now linked to burials and listing beneficiaries - now totals 558 Wills) 9th - Major update to Index of Dorchester Wills (1701-1800) (379 new wills indexed, many now linked to burials and listing beneficiaries - now totals 595 Wills) 8th - Major update to Index of Dorchester Wills (1413-1700) (127 new wills indexed, many now linked to burials and listing beneficiaries - now totals 353 Wills) 3rd - Update to the Biography of Frederick John MOULE (1830-1900), Curate of St Georges Fordington; Chaplain to the Dorset County Museum; and Vicar of Yaxley January 2013 (79 Records added this month) 25th - Militia List 1764 ( 28 Records relating to Dorchester or Fordington) 24th - The Life of Fortunatus FORDINGTON (b.1746) Transported to America for 7 years in 1773 22nd - Revision of the History of The Baptist Church in Dorchester & Fordington (1645-2013) 10th - Will of Robert GALPIN Maltster & Beer Retailer of Fordington (1802-1859) 5th - Update to Fordington Strays File (1577-1926) (5 entries added now totals 527 entries) 5th - Update to Dorchester Strays File (1597-1837) (40 entries added now totals 620 entries) 3rd - Bastardy Order Sarah CRUET v James SEARLE for a female bastard child 1st - Update to Research Notes on the Life of Samuel Cromleholme (1618-1672) Master of the Free School of Dorchester (1651-1657) 1st - Update to Glossary entry for Posey Rings December 2012 (5 Records added this month) 18th - Will & Memorial Plaque of Thomas PLANE (PLAYNE) Yeoman of Dorchester, - 1725 12th - The Old Dissenters Meeting House Dorchester (The Congregational or Presbyterian Chapel - Pease Lane - est 1662) 11th - History of The Old Malthouse & Noah's Ark Inn - Fordington High St (From c1785-1940) 11th - History of The Foundry - Fordington High St (From c1839) 10th - Short Biography Elias GALPIN [1756-1846] Maltster and Beer Retailer of Fordington November 2012 (1,500 Records added this month) 29th - Will of Margery MARKFELD, [Marksfill, Marksfield] Widow of Dorchester, - 1572 27th - Update to Kelly's Directory 1915 for Dorchester & Fordington, Main File (Full transcription with Advertisements) 27th - Update to Kelly's Directory 1915 for Dorchester & Fordington, Private Residents & Commercial Section (Full transcription with Advertisements) 20th - Biography Rev. Richard Grosvenor BARTELOT [1868-1947] Vicar of St Georges Church Fordington 17th - Update to Fordington: Maumbury Rings The Romas Amphitheatre (More pictures added) 15th - Update to Masters of the 'Free School', Update to the life of Henry DOLLING (1640-1687/8) 14th - Photographs Fordington High St (22 Photographs) 13th - Harrod's Directory 1865 for Dorchester & Fordington, (504 Records) 10th - Robert's Directory 1839 for Dorchester & Fordington, (603 Records) 7th - Will of William GALPIN, Cooper of Dorchester, buried Fordington - 1837 October 2012 (369 Records added this month) 10th - Update to the Biography of Handley Carr Glyn MOULE (1841-1920), Bishop of Durham 25th - Will of James POOK , Gardener of Dorchester, Will - 1740 23rd - Will of Katherine IRONSIDE , Widow of Dorchester, Will - 1704 22nd - Link added to Visitation of Dorset 1565: 12th - Update to Militia Lists 1761 for the Dorchester Division of the Dorsetshire Militia [additional 21 records added at the end of the document showing those discharged having served their 3 years etc] 10th - Update to the Biography of Horatio MOULE (1805-1886), Chaplain of St Paul's Cathedral Calcutta 4th - Fordington - Will of Bennett HARVEY Gentleman of Dorchester (buried at Fordington) 2nd - West Fordington Christ Church Marriages 1847-1880 (154 new records) 2nd - West Fordington Christ Church Marriage Banns 1847-1880 (191 new records - also located marriages in other parishes) September 2012 (927 Records added this month) 26th - Fordington St Georges Church Tombstones moved in 1907 (29 individuals) 25th - Update to All Saints Baptisms 1851-1880 (297 new baptisms + full transcription to include abode, occupation and minister on all 702 records) 13th - Update to Holy Trinity Baptisms 1838-1850 (108 new baptisms + full transcription to include abode, occupation and minister on all 395 records) 12th - Update to All Saints Baptisms 1837-1850 (126 new baptisms + full transcription to include abode, occupation and minister on all 265 records) 11th - Update to All Saints Baptisms 1813-1837 (2 new baptisms + full transcription to include abode, occupation and minister on all 405 records) 9th - Update to Holy Trinity Baptisms 1813-1837 (7 new baptisms + full transcription to include abode, occupation and minister on all 679 records) 6th - Dorchester - World War I Memorials (295 new records) 3rd - Dorchester - World War II Memorials (63 new records and update to original 24 listed) August 2012 (98 Records added this month) 25th - Dorchester - Church Officials , (from 1068) (Now added Churchwards for St Peters from 1758-1907 - 97 records added) 19th - Will of Henry CORBIN Baker of Dorchester - 1654 (previously only had an inventory of goods now added will dated 1645 and Letter of Administration dated 1661) July 2012 (113 Records added this month) 28th - Update to Fordington Wills Index (1401-1918) & (18 new Wills added - now totals 514) 27th- Fordington - Poor Law Bastardy Bond William CHURCHILL , 1723 (Regarding the bastard child Joseph son of Charity CHURCHILL) 26th- Update to The Life, Condemnation, Trial and Execution of Mary CHANNING (nee BROOKES) , 1705/6 (Now includes copy of her murdered husbands will and additional background to both families) 26th - Will of Ebenezer BROOKS , wagoner of Exeter & brother of Mary CHANNING who was executed in 1705 (Will dated 1713), 25th - Will of Caleb BROOKS , Collar Maker & brother of Mary CHANNING who was executed in 1705 (Will dated 1730), 21st - Will of Elizabeth BATTEN , Widow (Will dated 1758, buried 1761, Letter of Administration to Robert Lambert 1776) 19th - Update to Biography of Thomas GRIGG (1857-1932) Photographic Artist of Dorchester ( 2 more of his photographs added) 16th- Update to Dorchester All Saints Burials 1771-1813 , (Now checked all 669 burials against original PR) 16th- Update to Dorchester All Saints Baptisms 1800-1812 , (Now checked all 273 baptisms against original PR) 16th- Will of Matthew POUNCY , Butcher of Fordington (Will dated 1787, buried 1790, Letter of Administration to Relict Elizabeth 1793) 10th- Update to Dorchester All Saints Baptisms 1750-1799 , (Now checked all 775 baptisms against original PR includes 8 new records) 10th- Update to Dorchester All Saints Marriages 1750-1799 , (Now all 287 records fully transcribed from original PR includes 3 new records) 9th - Update to Charles CHRISTOPHER (1700-1791) of Fordington (Update to info on his son John CHRISTOPHER (1734-1804 regarding the Militia etc) 9th - The Life of Joseph CHRISTOPHER (b.1702) of Cheselbourne (Brother of Charles CHRISTOPHER (1700-1791) of Fordington) 9th - Update to Ancestry File of Charles CHRISTOPHER (1700-1791) of Fordington (Update to lives of Humphrey Christopher (1692-1776) as located his death - also Ann Christopher (1718-1776) 7th - Extensive update to Glossary of 17th Century terms (now has 390 entries) 6th - Militia Lists 1762 for the Dorchester Division of the Dorsetshire Militia ( lists those selected by balot with parish; substitutions approved, and the number of adults fit to serve by Hundred and Parish] 5th - Poor Law Vagrants 1740-1744 (2 records) 3rd - Militia Lists 1758 List of 75 inhabitants of Fordington fit to serve in the Militia giving their occupation, June 2012 (324 Records added this month) 28th - Militia Lists 1761 for the Dorchester Division of the Dorsetshire Militia ( lists those selected by balot with parish; substitutions approved, and the number of adults fit to serve by Hundred and Parish] 26th - Militia Lists 1796 List of 35 inhabitants of Fordington fit to serve in the Militia giving occupation, size of family & height 24th - The POOK Family of Dorchester & Fordington - from 1616 23rd - Will of James POOK of Fordington, Nuncupative Will - 1670 23rd - Update to All Saints Burials 1731-1770 (full transcription of all 718 baptisms from Parish Registers including 2 new burials) 22nd - Militia Lists 1758 List of 271 inhabitants of Dorchester giving occupation 18th - Update to All Saints Baptisms 1733-1749 (full transcription of all 224 baptisms from Parish Registers) 17th - Update to All Saints Marriages 1700-1749 (full transcription of all 140 marriages from Parish Registers) 4th - Will of Thomas POOK Gardener of Dorchester, Will - 1771, proved 1776 3rd - Will of James POOK Innkeeper of Plume & Feathers Dorchester, Will - 1780 2nd - Update to All Saints Burials 1653-1730 (full transcription of all 1,576 baptisms from Parish Registers + 6 new burials) 2nd - Update to All Saints Baptisms 1653-1732 (full transcription of all 1,290 baptisms from Parish Registers) May 2012 (147 Record added this month) 30th - Further update to Holy Trinity Baptisms 1559-1617 (19 missing baptisms added to 1581-1582 - now 887 records) 27th - Update to All Saints Marriages 1654-1699 (full transcription of all 157 marriages from Parish Registers) 22nd - Will of Matthew POUNCY Butcher, Will - 1757 20th - Will of Henry HARBEN Baker, Will - 1697 17th - Signaificant Update to Holy Trinity Marriages 1713-1812 (full transcription of all 595 marriages) 17th - Signaificant Update to Holy Trinity Burials 1764-1812 (full transcription of all 897 baptisms) 17th - Signaificant Update to Holy Trinity Baptisms 1771-1812 (103 new records added + full transcription of all 921 baptisms) 12th - Signaificant Update to St Peters Marriages 1730-1800 (6 new records added + full transcription of all 540 marriages) 11th - Will of William ANDREWS Victualler of Forthington, Will - 1770 10th - Will of George ELMES Gentleman of Forthington, Will - 1771 9th - Biography of William CUMING MD 49 Years Doctor of Physic in Dorchester 5th - Book - Extracts for Dorchester & Fordington from A Topographical Dictionary of England by Samuel Lewis -1815 4th - Dorchester Serjeants at Mace (List of 15 holders of the office) April 2012 (1,727 Records added this month) 30th - Update to Holy Trinity Baptisms(1739-1770) (1 new baptism + all 624 entries now fully transcribed from Parish registers) 30th - Update to Holy Trinity Burials (1723-1763) (8 new burials + all 924 entries now fully transcribed from Parish registers) 29th - Letter of Administration for the estate of Thomas MEECH Esq of Dorchester, granted to father John 1763 25th - Will of Amy LAWES Spinster of Dorchester, Will - 1751 with Admin to daughter Mary 1755 25th - Will of Mary LEIGH Wife of the Rev William Leigh Rector of Holy Trinity, Will - 1738 14th - Update to St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1730-1770 (23 missing baptisms for 1735/6 located and added to the file - now 580 records) 20th - Holy Trinity Baptisms 1670-1738 (1,691 new records) 19th - Update to Holy Trinity Burials(1681-1722) (All 1,144 entries now fully transcribed from Parish registers) 3rd - Update to Holy Trinity Burials(1653-1680) (All 822 entries now fully transcribed from Parish registers) 1st - Update to Rev John WHITE (1575-1648) (additional information added on his brother Josias White's family) 1st - Will of Captain James WHITE (1621-1666) Nephew of Rev John White, Merchant of Dorchester & later London; Resident & plantation owner of Barbados; who died at Boston New England, Will - 1666 March 2012 (2,272 Records added this month) 31st - Update to Dorchester Trade Tokens (revised account of the life of Philip Stansby (1611/19-1686) 31st - Will of Philip STANSBY Grocer & Mayor of Dorchester 1657, Will - 1686 24th - Postcards of Fordington & St Georges Church 23rd - Holy Trinity Baptisms 1618-1669 (1,483 new records) 21st - Update to Biography of Thomas BEACH [1738-1806] Portrait Painter - born Milton Abbas - died Dorchester (now includes an image of his memorial plaque) 19th - Inventory of the goods of Henry CORBIN Baker of Dorchester - 1654 18th - Holy Trinity Burials 1619-1652 (784 new records) 17th - Will of Thomas WARYN Rector of Holy Trinity Dorchester - 1441 13th - Will & L/Administration for the estate of John MORGAN Dorchester to Relict Jane - 1776 13th - Will of David MORGAN Victualler of Dorchester (buried Fordington) - 1744 7th - Update to Biography of Benjamin DEVENISH (1574-1643) Tailor & Master of the Dorchester Brewhouse 3rd - Letter of Administration for the estate of Elizabeth DEVENISH a Widow of Dorchester, granted to daughter Elizabeth 1681 February 2012 (1,219 Records added this month) 29th - Significant update to Holy Trinity Dorchester Baptisms 1851-1880 (Checked against Parish Registers; 465 new baptisms added - all 1196 records now include abode, occupation and officiating minister) 17th - Will of Joseph PURCHASE Baker of Dorchester - 1638 16th - Will of Nicholas PURCHASE Baker of Dorchester - 1619/20 11th - Postards Town Hall & Nappers Mite 11th - Biography of William Ricketts ROGERS [1856-1944] Portrait & Landscape Photographer of Dorchester 10th - Speeds Map of Dorset 1610 5th - Holy Trinity Burials 1559-1618 (750 new records) 4th - Update to Biography of Thomas GRIGG (1857-1932) & Photographic Artist of Dorchester (Further photograph added) January 2012 (877 Records added this month) 31st - Letter of Administration for the estate of Nicholas PURCHASE granted to son Joseph 1675 31st - Inventory of the goods of Joseph PURCHASE buried Holy Trinity 1682 26th - Holy Trinity Baptisms 1559-1617 (868 new records) 16th - Inventory of William HAYDON Millwright, Inventory only - 1685 10th - Will of William FEACY alias SCHOLLER - 1675 4th - Letter Administration to Elizabeth COLE the wife of Edward; for estate of Thomas PAINTER of Portland 2nd - Letter Administration to Ethelred CHANNELL the wife of William; for estate of Tristram STYLE of Puddletown 2nd - Will of Seth BANKS Rector of All Saints - 1769 1st - Will of Caleb BISHOP Tailor of Fordington - 1857 1st - Will of George ANDREWS Curier of Fordington - 1851 1st - New Search Engine added to site ( now exceeds 50,000 birth marriage and death records) December 2011 (2,097 Records added this month) 27th - Will of Alice ROBERTS Widow of Dorchester - 1713 25th - Update to St Peters Dorchester Burials 1761-1812 (Checked against Parish Registers 1761 to 1799 and updated with additional info + 6 new burials - total now 650) 22nd - Update to St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1771-1812 (Checked against Parish Registers 1771 to 1799 and updated with additional info + 77 new baptisms - total now 695) 20th - Significant update to St Peters Dorchester Marriages 1730-1800 (Full transcription to inc bride & groom home parish 1730-1785 plus 44 new records - total now 544) 16th - St Peters Dorchester Burials 1701-1760 (Checked against Parish Registers and updated with additional info) 14th - St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1730-1770 (Checked against Parish Registers and updated with additional info + 4 new records added - new total 557) 13th - St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1653-1729 (1,363 new records) 11th - St Peters Dorchester Marriages 1653-1729 (601 new records) 3rd - Update to Charles CHRISTOPHER (1700-1791) Agricultural Labourer (Now has a link to a file about his Ancestry viz Humphrey CHRISTOPHER (1665-1724) and back to the 16th Century) November 2011 (898 Records added this month) 30th - Will of Maximilian GOLLOP Woollen Draper of Dorchester - 1719 25th - Will of George ADAMS Owner of the Swan Inn Mill Street Fordington , 1845 23rd - Significant update to St Peters Burials 1611-1700 (Now checked against Parish Registers and additional information added to 965 records) 20th - Will of Frances PROWSE Widow of Fordington - 1733 20th - Will of John PROWSE Yeoman of Fordington - 1720 18th - Will of Alice LODER Widow of Dorchester - 1664 17th - Update to Fordington Burials 1756-1763 (Now checked against Parish Registers and additional information added to 216 records) 17th - Update to Fordington Baptisms 1756-1763 (Now checked against Parish Registers and additional information added to 164 records) 16th - Inventory of Goods Henry BUSHROD of Dorchester 1688 16th - Letter of Administration Henry DOLLING [1609-1689/90] 14th - Update to Fordington Burials 1734-1755 (NBI transcription now checked against Parish Registers and additional information added to 409 records) 14th - Update to Fordington Baptisms 1734-1755 (Full transcription from Parish Registers -58 new baptisms added new total 424) 13th - Update to Charles CHRISTOPHER (1700-1791) Agricultural Labourer 11th - Administration of Samuel SAMWAYS Gentleman of Dorchester - 1748 11th - Will of Thomas EAMES Maltster of Dorchester - 1742 10th - Will of Jonathan EAMES Butcher of Dorchester - 1748 10th - Update to Fordington Burials 1710-1733 (Full transcription now available from Parish Registers - 69 new burials added to original NBI listing - new total 528 records) 10th - Update to Fordington Baptisms 1706-1733 (399 new baptisms for missing years 1710-1733 now added - new total 444 records) 1st - Update to Fordington Burials 1706-1709 (BT and NBI transcription now checked against Parish Registers and additional information added) 1st - Update to Fordington Burials 1691-1705 (Full transcription for the year 1705 completed from Parish Register - previously only names from NBI) 1st - Update to Fordington Baptisms 1691-1705 (13 baptisms for 1705 added from parish registers total now 376) 1st - Holy Trinity Dorchester Marriage Banns 1853-1880 (352 Records) October 2011 (427 Records added this month) 26th - Significant update to Holy Trinity Dorchester Marriages 1813-1880 (427 Records added total now 633) September 2011 (519 Records added this month) 5th - All Saints Dorchester Marriage Banns 1825-1880 (288 Records) 5th - Significant update to All Saints Dorchester Marriages 1800-1880 (Full transcription now completed - 231 new marriages added - total now 447) 1st - Significant update to Life of Ann WINZOR nee KEATS (1794 - 1873) Heroine of the Battle of Waterloo August 2011 (1,305 Records added this month) 18th - St Peters Dorchester Burials 1838-1882 (Full transcription now completed - 307 new burial records) 16th - Update to St Peters Dorchester Burials 1813-1837 (Full transcription now completed - 19 new burials + 12 surnames corrected now totals 365 burials) 11th - Holy Trinity Dorchester Burials 1838-1874 (Full transcription now completed) 6th - Update to Holy Trinity Dorchester Burials 1813-1837 (Full transcription now completed) 4th - Town Clerks of Dorchester from 1629 (29 Records) 2nd - All Saints Dorchester Burials 1838-1880 (Full transcription now completed - 435 new burial records) July 2011 (2,933 Records added this month) 28th - Update to All Saints Dorchester Burials 1814-1837 (Full transcription now completed) 25th - Update to Fordington St George Burials 1866-1880 (290 Missing Records for 1868; 1871; 1873; 1876; and 1880 now added making new total of 962 Burials) 24th - Update to Cholera Outbreak 1854 (Now has link to Burials of Cholera Victims) 23rd - Update to Fordington St George Burials 1851-1865 (456 Missing Records for 1852; 1854; 1856; 1858; 1862; 1864 and 1865 now added making new total of 1096 Burials) 20th - Update to Fordington St George Burials 1837-1850 (139 Records previously with just name, date and age, (years 1840 and 1841) now updated with full details from original parish registers + 56 new burials for 1850) 19th - Update to Fordington St George Burials 1813-1836 (142 Records previously with just name, date and age, (years 1815; 1823; 1827 & 1828) now updated with full details from original parish registers + 4 new burials omitted from the NBI for 1828) 18th - Update to Fordington Christchurch Baptisms 1847-1880 (340 Missing records for 1850, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1858, 1862, 1864, 1865, 1868, 1871, 1876, and 1880 now added to the file making a total of 879) 16th - Update to Fordington St George Baptisms 1866-1880 (331 Missing records for 1868; 1871; 1873; 1876; & 1880 now added to the file making a total of 1015) 15th - Update to Fordington St George Baptisms 1851-1865 (474 Missing records for 1852; 1854; 1856; 1858; 1862; 1864 & 1865 now added to the file making a total of 1019) 12th - Update to Fordington St George Baptisms 1837-1850 (204 Missing records for 1840; 1841 & 1850 now added to the file making a total of 1032) 10th - Update to Fordington St George Baptisms 1824-1836 (131 Missing records for 1827 & 1828 now added to the file making a total of 905) 10th - Update to Fordington St George Baptisms 1813-1823 (63 Missing records for 1823 now added to the file making a total of 590) 10th - New - Fordington St George Marriages 1860-1880 (362 Records) 7th - Update to the Life of Reverend Henry Moule [1801 – 1880] Additional information provided about his wife and adopted son 5th - Update to Fordington St George Marriage Banns 1852-1880 File extended from 1869 to 1880 - 226 new records added (now has a total of 581 Records) June 2011 (2,060 Records added this month) 21st - Fordington St George Marriage Banns 1852-1869 (355 Records) 19th - Fordington St George Marriages 1837-1859 (405 Records) 5th - Fordington St George Marriage Banns 1823-1835 (177 Records) 5th - Update to Fordington St Georges church Marriages 1813-1836 : 22 marriages added from PR's for years 1827 and 1828 missing in Bishops Transcripts (Now has 272 records) 3rd - Update to All Saints church Dorchester Marriages 1800-1855 : For years 1813- 1836, home parish, whether by banns or licence and witnesses now added, file extended up to 1855 adding 98 new marriages (now 312 records) 2nd - Update to Holy Trinity church Dorchester Marriages 1813-1837 : home parish, whether by banns or licence and witnesses now added 1st - Fordington 1871 Census Enumeration District 8 (only) (1003 Records) May 2011 (1,155 Records added this month) Site still being audited to improve consistency & check linkages extant 29th - The DEWFOL [Dufall]; BAKER & SPICER Families China & Glasswear dealers of Dorchester 28th - Fordington 1871 Census Enumeration District 7 (only) (476 Records) 26th - Fordington 1871 Census Enumeration District 6 (only) (677 Records) 2nd - The Will of Abraham BAKER Earthenware dealer Dorchester - 1806 April 2011 (126 Records added this month) Site still being audited to improve consistency & check linkages extant 29th - The ARDEN Family 16 Times Mayors of Dorchester 29th - Will of Daniel ARDEN Goldsmith & Mayor, 17th - History of Dorchester Gallows by Rev. SEV Filleul published 1911 14th - Update to Dorchester Wills Index (1801-1938) & (99 new Wills added - now totals 445) 13th - Fordington: Maumbury Rings The Romas Amphitheatre 6th - Update to Fordington Wills Index (1401-1918) & (24 new Wills added - now totals 498) 4th - Biography of Thomas GRIGG (1857-1932) & Photographic Artist of Dorchester March 2011 (79 Records added this month) Site still being audited to improve consistency & check linkages extant 31st - Link added to the Dorchester District in the Dorset Poll Book for 1857 31st - Research document into John LONG [LONGE] Familes of Dorchester 27th - Link added to Visitation of Wiltshire 1623 not alphabetic index at back (click sides of book as well as page to advance) 26th - Update to Dorchester People in Historical documents (1559-1699) (42 new records added from Quarter sessions 1625- 1638 - now totals 518) 22nd - Link added to the Visitation of Hampshire for 1634- click sides of book as well as page to advance) 22nd - Update to notes for the Will of William HORSFORDE, Alderman & Capital Burgess of Dorchester 1621 22nd - Link added to Good Old Dorchester (Massachusetts) A narrative history of the town (1630-1893) Pub 1908 (Entire book wait for it to load) 21st - Audit of all 4 Indexes to Wills completed; copies held at DHC located and cross referenced & 31 new wills identified (Now 710 Wills for Dorchester & 471 for Fordington) 19th - Royal Visit to Dorchester by the Prince of Wales 1887 19th - Biography of John POUNCY (1818-1894) & Walter POUNCY (1844-1918) Pioneers in Photography 18th - Postcards of Dorchester Romantic Cards (1910-1915) (5 cards) 17th - Update to - Dorchester Trade Tokens (1656-1668) (10 records added) 16th - Update to Postcards of Dorchester - The High Street (2 cards added now 21 records) 3rd - Postcards of Dorchester - South Street & Cornhill (10 postcards & 7 pictures) 2nd - Will of Edward DASHWOOD, Mayor, Merchant & Benefactor, 1666/7 February 2011 (1025 Records added this month) Site still being audited to improve consistency & check linkages extant 29th - Update to Biography of Samuel Cromleholme (1618-1672), Master of the Dorchester Free school 1651-1657 by Richard Crumbleholme 25th - Postcards of Dorchester - The Walks (19 postcards & 22 pictures) 6th - Will of Dorothy FREEKE, Widow, 1670 4th - Will of Robert TAPP, Yeoman, 1670 4th - Will of William BISHOP, Yeoman, 1668 3rd - Postcards of Dorchester - The High Street (19 records) 1st - Extract from Kelly's Directory 1895 for Dorchester & Fordington (962 records, 804 of which are people with their occupations and the rest information on institutions) January 2011 (536 Records added this month) Site being audited to improve consistency & check linkages extant 31st - Extensive update to Glossary of 17th Century terms to include pictures of items found in wills and inventories 31st Letter of Administration with Inventory for Jonathan EAMES, to relict Mary: 1702 28th Strays, A list of Dorchester people found in other Parish Registers (1597-1837) (529 Records) 24th Letter of Administration with Inventory for Thomas FORD, to relict Ruth: 1662 24th Letter of Administration with Inventory for Thomas FORD, to relict Alice: 1668 20th Letter of Administration with Inventory for John WINDSOR, Yeoman, to relict Ursula: 1664 18th Link added to Visitation to London 1568 (click sides of book as well as page to advance) 17th Signaticant Update Dorchester WWII War Memorial County Hall (Now Sep 2012 part of WWII Memorials) 13th Dorchester Trade Tokens 1669 5th Link added to Memorials to old Dorset edited by Thomas Perkins & Herbert Pentin Published 1907 5th Link updated to Visitation of Dorset for 1623 Index to : Pedigrees (click sides of book as well as page to advance) 5th Link added to Visitation to Somerset in 1531 & 1575 (Alphabetic but in two parts, 2nd part starts page 95 - click sides of book as well as page to advance) 5th Link added to Visitation to London 1633-1635 (click sides of book as well as page to advance) 5th Link added to Municipal Records of Dorchester 3rd Will of John GREEN, Merchant of Dorchester 1613 2nd Update to notes on the Will of Christian LAWRENCE, Widow of Fordington 1663 2nd Will of Ursula WINSER, Widow of Fordington 1670 December 2010 (1,565 records added this month - Total of 24,242 Records added February to Dec 2010) 26th Will of Richard DAVIDGE, born in Dorchester & Merchant of London 1667 30th Significant update to Glossary, File (Index of Terms used in 17th Century Wills and Inventories) (233 records) 29th Link added to Will of Richard FUDGE Butcher of Dorchester 1836 29th Link added to Will of John FOOT Carpenter of Dorchester 1831 26th Will of Thomas DAVIDGE, Merchant of Dorchester 1614 24th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 18 The Alms Houses (Chubb's, Whetstone's and Nappers Mite) 21st Holy Trinity Dorchester Baptisms 1851-1880, (731 records) 21st All Saints Dorchester Baptisms 1851-1880, (405 records) 21st Update to St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1851-1880, - 193 baptisms added ( Total now 365 records) 19th Update to the Biography of Horatio MOULE [1805-1886], Chaplain of St Paul's Cathedral Calcutta November 2010 (2,160 records added this month) 30th Execution of Silvester WILKINS from Bridport at Dorchester Gaol in 1833 29th All Saints Dorchester Baptisms 1837-1850, (139 records) 29th Holy Trinity Dorchester Baptisms 1838-1850, (287 records) 29th St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1813-1850, Update - Now complete (471 records added) (Total now 716 records) 25th St Peters Dorchester Marriages 1801-1847, - Update to existing file - fathers names added for period 1838-1847 22nd All Saints Dorchester Baptisms 1813-1836, (385 records) 22nd Holy Trinity Dorchester Baptisms 1813-1837, (672 records) 22nd Will of Richard BURY [1584-1661], Capital Burgess and Mayor of Dorchester 1640 & 1650 11th The Independant or Congregational Church of Dorchester Baptisms 1788-1837, (204 records) including the Huntingdon Connection Chapel (1822-1826) October 2010 (1,500 records added this month) 30th Holy Trinity Dorchester Baptisms 1771-1812, (818 records) 30th St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1771-1812, basic listing now completed, 379 records added (Now 681 records) 29th Biography of Samuel Cromleholme (1618-1672), Master of the Dorchester Free school 1651-1657 by Richard Crumbleholme September 2010 (2,336 records added this month) 29th Holy Trinity Dorchester Baptisms 1739-1770, (620 records) 29th Update to St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1730-1770, - 297 male baptisms added ( total of 553 records) 23rd St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1851-1880, - basic Listing of Female names only ( 172 records) 19th St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1813-1850, - basic Listing of Female names only ( 299 records) 17th Masters of the 'Free School', (1550-1878) 17th Revision of Dorchester 'Free School',(1567-1736) The first 160 years 13th Will of John HILL [1589-1657], Alderman, Capital Burgess and Mayor of Dorchester 1636 10th Biography of John HILL [1589-1657], Alderman, Capital Burgess and Mayor of Dorchester 1636 8th St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1771-1812, - basic Listing of Female names only ( 302 records) 6th Dorchester People , in Historical documents etc ( 1773-1824) (131 records) 4th St Peters Dorchester Baptisms 1730-1770, - basic Listing of names only ( 256 records) August 2010 (9,595 records added this month) 31st Holy Trinity Dorchester Marriages 1813-1837, - basic Listing of names only ( 206 records) 30th St Peters Dorchester Marriages 1801-1847, - basic Listing of names only ( 237 records) 29th St Peters Dorchester Marriages 1730-1800, - basic Listing of names only ( 495 records) 25th Update to All Saints Dorchester Burials 1814-1837, - +25 names added from NBI ( Now 381 records) 25th Update to St Peters Dorchester Burials 1813-1837, - +26 names added from NBI ( Now 316 records) 24th St Peters Dorchester Burials 1761-1812, - ( 644 records) basic Listing of names only 24th St Peters Dorchester Burials 1701-1760, - ( 956 records) basic Listing of names only 23rd St Peters Dorchester Burials 1611-1700, - ( 965 records) basic Listing of names only 23rd Holy Trinity Dorchester Burials 1764-1812, - ( 958 records) basic Listing of names only 23rd Holy Trinity Dorchester Burials 1723-1763, - ( 911 records) basic Listing of names only 22nd Holy Trinity Dorchester Burials 1681-1722, - ( 1,156 records) basic Listing of names only 21st Revision to Fordington Burials 1837-1850, + 139 names added from NBI (now 940 records) 20th Revision to Fordington Burials 1813-1836, + 138 names added from NBI (now 1051 records) 19th Revision to Fordington Burials 1800-1812, (now 478 records) 17th Revision to Fordington Burials 1764-1799, + 21 names added from NBI (now 870 records) 16th Revision to Fordington Burials 1756-1763, + 14 names added from NBI (now 213 records) 15th Revision to Fordington Burials 1734-1755, + 53 names added from NBI (now 409 records) 14th Revision to Fordington Burials 1706-1709, + 20 names added from NBI (now 58 records) 14th Revision to Fordington Burials 1691-1705, + 13 names added for year 1705 (now 185 records) 12th Holy Trinity Dorchester Burials 1653-1680, - ( 822 records) basic Listing of names only 12th Biography of Thomas BEACH [1738-1806] Portrait Painter - born Milton Abbas - died Dorchester 10th All Saints Dorchester Burials 1771-1813, - ( 669 records) 6th All Saints Dorchester Burials 1731-1770, - ( 716 records) 3rd All Saints Dorchester Burials 1613-1730, - Revised File 410 new burials added; checked against National Burial Index accuracy improved (now 1,569 records) July 2010 (1,996 records added this month) 27th Fordington Wills Index, Update to include St George Burials 1710-1733 27th Fordington St George Burials 1710-1733, (455 Records) 24th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 17 The Grammar (The Free or Thomas Hardye School) + Trinity 18th - The Dorset Poll Book 1831 Extract for Dorchester & Fordington (92 Records) 16th - The Will of Isaac SPARKS - Gentleman of Fordington 1788 15th Presbyterian Chapel, Protestant Dissenters: 1750-1836, : Update, added 64 new records (now 377 Records) 12th 1861 Census Fordington - The Barracks: (242 Records) 5th 1861 Census Fordington - District Nine: (includes Union Workhouse) (828 Records) June 2010 (2,213 records added this month) 23rd 1861 Census Fordington - District Eight: (1,022 Records) 17th 1861 Census Fordington - District Seven: (554 Records) 14th 1861 Census Fordington - District Six: (632 Records) 7th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 16 The Priory (or Friary) 6th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 15 The Domesday Books 3rd Charles CHRISTOPHER (1700-1791) Agricultural Labourer 3rd John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 14 Recorders and High Stewards of Dorchester 1st John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 13 Parliamentary Representation Dorchester May 2010 (476 records added this month) 29th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 10 The Charters of Dorchester 29th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 9 The Borough and Manor of Dorchester 29th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 8 Judge Jeffreys - Bloody Assizes 1685 & Troop encampment 1757 28th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 7 The Civil War 1642-1651 28th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 6 Fires in Dorchester 1613, 1622, 1725, 1775 27th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 5 Early History 27th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 4 Company of Freemen 27th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 3 Description of Dorchester 27th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 2 Origins of the name of Dorchester & Location 27th John Hutchins , The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Index (Note there are 75 pages to transcribe so each section will be made live as it is completed) 21st Significant update to Dorchester Wills Index , (1413-1700) 21st Dorchester People , in Historical documents etc ( 1614-1686) (465 records) 11th - The will of Margaret CHUBB , Widow & Benefactor of Dorchester (1628) April 2010 (3 records added this month) 23rd - John Hutchins, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 1 Map of Dorchester, (1711) 22nd -Significant update to John Hutchins, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 11 Bailiffs of Dorchester, (1394-1834) 8th - Update to John Hutchins, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset - Part 12 Mayors of Dorchester, (1629-2009) March 2010 (1 record added this month) 9th - Research document The ROSE family of Fordington 9th - Revision and update of the Life of Captain Anthony EAMES (1595-1686) Churchwarden & Constable of Fordington February 2010 (2,398 records added this month) 23rd - Fordington People in historical documents & Newspapers 1614-2007 (432 Records) 23rd - Venerable John CORNELIUS (alias Mohun) [1557-1594] Executed at Dorchester 1594 19th - John ASHE Family 1593-1640 Labourers of Fordington 18th - Extensive update to Glossary of 17th Century terms 12th - 1891 Census Dorchester Parish of All Saints En District 2 (813 Records) 8th - Link added to front page to support the Dorchester Community Play Association (DCPA) collect photographs, stories, documents and information about Dorchester during the period 1890-1914. They have called the project 'The Dorchester Dig' and produced a leaflet to accompany it 6th - 1851 Census Dorchester St Peters [Significant update - 1851 Census for all Dorchester Districts now complete] (1,151 Records) January 2010 (??? records added this month) 30th - 1851 Census Dorchester St Peters Part 1 District 4 (Record total inc in Feb see update) 24th - 1851 Census Dorchester Holy Trinity Districts 5 & 6 24th - The Dorset Poll Book - 1807 23rd - 1841 Census Dorchester Parish of St Peters - Part 2 22nd - Life of Captain Anthony EAMES (1595-1686) Churchwarden & Constable of Fordington 20th - 1841 Census Dorchester Parish of St Peters - Part 1 19th - 1841 Census Dorchester Parish of All Saints 18th - Corporate Development of Dorchester (Ref in Charters to Streets, Institutions etc) 13th - The Will of Edith Jane Voss CHRISTOPHER - of Wrackleford Dorchester 1940 8th - Loyalty Oath to Charles II - Names of 300 people who signed on 31 Aug 1681 1st - Wills & Charters in Municipal Records of Dorchester 1499-1625 December 200928th - Wills & Charters in Municipal Records of Dorchester 1425-150023rd - Wills & Charters in Municipal Records of Dorchester 1410-1425 20th - Wills & Charters in Municipal Records of Dorchester 1395-1410 17th - Administration of the estate of Lucy Eames widow of Fordington 13th - Aldermen & Capital Burgesses of Dorchester (Part listing) 13th - Bailiffs of Dorchester (Part listing 1528-1834) 10th - Update to notes about Will of Richard WARREN , 1636 10th - All files on this site have now been updated to return to the new OPC Home page at opcdorset.org/index.htm 6th - Administration of the estate of John EAMES (1586/7-1662), 3rd - Extensive update to Dorchester Free School (1567-1680), 1st - Company of Freemen - Members 1734-1835, November 200926th- Company of Freemen - Members 1698-1718,24th- Company of Freemen - Members 1621-1635, 23rd- Company of Freemen - Apprentices 1613-1715, 23rd- Company of Freemen - Charter & Bye Laws , 21st- Company of Freemen - Governors 1621-1824 , (100 Records) 21st- Significant Update to the Life of Reverend Henry Moule [1801 – 1880], 16th- Update of 1851 Census for Fordington Districts 6c & 6d to include 3 previously illegible pages, 16th- Update of 1851 Census for Fordington Districts 6a & 6b to include previously illegible entries, 13th- The Rev .William BENN , (1600-1680) Rector of All Saints & Founder of Dorchester Congregational Church 6th- The Life, Condemnation, Trial and Execution of Mary CHANNING (nee BROOKES) , 1705/6 6th- The Will of Richard BROOKES,Wagoner of Dorchester 1708 3rd- Dorchester Visitation of Dorset - 1623, Plus link to Index, 3rd- Dorchester - Church Officials , (from 1068) October 200930th- Dorchester 1841 Census - Parish of Holy Trinity , Enumerators district 2 (only)24th- Update to - Fordington Strays File to include burials from Stinsford 24th- Rev. Walter NEWBURGH Esq (1595-1631) investor in the Dorchester Co 18th- Update made to Biography of Sir Richard Strode (1584-1670) under the "Dorchester Company" 11th- 566 Seaman's Service Records with a birth place of Dorchester 10th- Fordington 1841 Census - Barracks (only) 10th- Fordington 1841 Census - Enumeration District 6 (only) 8th- Fordington 1841 Census - Enumeration District 5 (only) 6th- Fordington 1841 Census - Enumeration District 4 (only) 6th- Dorchester Index of 275 Wills 1801-1891 1st- Dorchester Index of 204 Wills 1701-1800 September 200930th- Dorchester All Saints Baptisms 1800-1812,9th- The Will of William WHITEWAY (1599-1635) Diarist & Merchant of Dorchester 8th- Dorchester Free School (1567-1680) The first 100 years 8th- Dorchester Index of 202 Wills 1413-1700 August 200929th- Will of William SPARKS Fellmonger of Fordington 174029th- Dorchester All Saints Burials 1653-1709 , 29th- Dorchester All Saints Baptisms 1653-1732 , 20th- Biography of John BROWNE (1582-1659) JP of Dorchester & Frampton [revised & updated] 20th- Will of William SPARKS Maltster of Dorchester 1778 July 200928th- History of All Saints; Holy Trinity and St Peters Dorchester23rd- Dorchester All Saints Baptisms 1750-1799 , 20th - Photographs have now been added to most BMD transcription pages. 10th- Will of William HORSFORDE Gentleman of Dorchester 1621 1st- Dorchester All Saints Baptisms 1733-1749 , June 200920th- Map dated 1611 of Dorchester & Fordington - by John Speed - expanded explanations18th- John BLACHFORD , (1574-1632) Woollen draper of Dorchester 18th- Bernard TOUP , (1587-1635) of Chaldon & Mayor of Dorchester 1634 18th- Dorchester All Saints Marriages 1654-1699 , 18th- Dorchester All Saints Marriages 1700-1749 , 18th- Dorchester All Saints Marriages 1750-1799 , 18th- Dorchester All Saints Marriages 1800-1836 , 18th- Dennis BOND , (1588-1658) Woollen draper, MP & Mayor of Dorchester 1635 18th- Mayors of Dorchester, (1629-2009) May 2009Fordington Parish Page redesigned to include Dorchester & all 19 existing files copied to the new site April 200910th-
Post Office Directory 1875, Dorchester & Fordington by Michael Russell
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