Corfe Castle, Dorset, England Genealogy
Guide to Corfe Castle, Dorset ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Corfe Castle | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Dorset |
| Hundred | Corfe Castle |
| Poor Law Union | Wareham and Purbeck |
| Registration District | Wareham |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1653 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1813 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Dorchester |
| Diocese | Salisbury |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Probate Court | Court of the Peculiar of Corfe Castle |
| Archive | |
| Dorset Record Office | |
Parish History[edit | edit source]
CORFE-CASTLE, a small town, a parish, and a sub-district in Wareham district, Dorset. The town stands adjacent to the central gap of the Isle of Purbeck range of hills, 4 miles SE of Wareham railway station. A famous castle here dates from the Saxon times.[1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Find Neighboring Parishes[edit | edit source]
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
- Type the name of the parish in the search bar
- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
Church Records[edit | edit source]
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England[edit | edit source]
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Corfe Castle Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Dorset | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Dorset | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Dorset ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry Church of England-Dorset (Early) ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry Church of England-Dorset (Late) ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| MyHeritage-Dorset ($) | ||||||
| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Dorset ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Dorset ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records[edit | edit source]
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
- England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Dorset Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ John M. Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, publ. London and Edinburgh: 1870.Date accessed: 05 July 2013.