England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of West Knighton lies in southern Dorset not too far from its English Channel coast. West Knighton is located about 4 miles southeast of the county town of Dorchester. West Knighton is a mid-sized village which lies just under a mile north of the A352 road which connects Dorchester through to Wareham. West Knighton sits midway between the broad valley of the River Frome and the higher chalk downland fringing the Dorset coastline but sits on poor soils rich in chalk and gravel, despite these disadvantages it was largely an arable farming community. In recent times it has grown with a few modern developments given its proximity to Dorchester. West Knighton is drained westwards by a tributary of the Frome which is joined to the west of Wool, the latter reaching the English Channel through Poole Harbour. West Knighton is sited at around 60 metres above the sea but land rises steadily onto the chalk hills to the south reaching close to 160 metres on White Horse Hill. West Knighton parish was fairly typically sized for its area, if somewhat unusually shaped being formed into an inverted "Y" shape with two southern-ward extensions from the main body, it covered close to 2,200 acres and would have supported a population of just over 250 parishioners. In Domesday Book West Knighton was a small place held directly by the King and offering just 3 ploughs as well as the usual meadows and pastures. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
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24th May 1755 - 10th February 1812 |
Dorset History Centre - Reference - PE-WKT/RE/3/1 |
Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns &
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 |
A combination of fading and bleed-through makes for a
challenging read at times and could result in a few misreads |
2 | 20th December 1813 - 2nd March 1837 | Dorset History Centre - Reference - PE-WKT/RE/3/2 | Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Puddletown
St Mary
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Puddletown
St Mary
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Puddletown
St Mary
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West
Stafford St Andrew
Whitcombe |
Woodsford
St John the Evangelist
Warmwell Holy Trinity |
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Whitcombe
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Broadmayne
St Martin
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Warmwell
Holy Trinity
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