England &
Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Canford Magna (also known as Great Canford) is located in the extreme east of Dorset, indeed with its subsidiary chapelries it forms part of the border with neighbouring Hampshire. Canford Magna is located about 5 miles north of the port of Poole and 2 miles southeast of the market town of Wimborne Minster. The village is almost part of the expanding conurbation which combines Poole with the seaside resort of Bournemouth in Hampshire. Before the rapid expansion of these places this was an extensive areas of heathland which formed on the sandy soils hereabouts. Canford Magna consists of a number of small settlements scattered across the heath, the nominate settlement of Canford Magna being on the south bank of the River Stour just north of the A341 road which links Wimborne Minster with Bournemouth. This, however, today is not the major population centre. Because of the poor soils the area was limited in its agricultural potential and arable farming, in particular, was scarce; there are rich pastures along the Stour, however. The parish was extensive, at over 12,000 acres this is a large parish for a southern one. The acreage supported almost 4,000 parishioners. In Domesday times the land was held by one Edward of Salisbury and supported 18 ploughs, 2 mills and a good acreage of meadows. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 4th November 1754 - 2nd October 1797 | Dorset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - PE-CAM/RE/3/1 |
Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | Challenging handwriting at times raises a possibility of a few misreads |
2 | 29th March 1798 - 8th November 1812 | Dorset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - PE-CAM/RE/3/3 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | Challenging handwriting at times raises a possibility of a few misreads |
3 | 19th January 1813 - 12th June 1837 | Dorset Archives & Local Studies - Reference - PE-CAM/RE/3/4 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Wimborne
Minster St Cuthburga
Hampreston All Saints |
Hampreston
All Saints
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Corfe Mullen
St Hubert
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Kinson St Andrew
Holdenhurst St John the Evangelist, Hampshire |
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Hamworthy
St Michael
Poole St James |
Poole St James
Arne St Nicholas Studland St Nicholas |
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