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Netherbury |
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Netherbury |
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Netherbury is an extensive parish, situated on the river Brit. It is 1½ miles south-west of Beaminster and 5 miles north of Bridport. The church of St Mary is 350 years old [in 1880]. It contains an alabaster monument to the More family and several admirable stained glass windows. There are two chapels, one for Baptists and one for Wesleyans. The Grammar School has been amalgamated with Tucker's Charity and moved to Beaminster. There are several other substantial charities in the parish. There are two flax and tow manufactories in the parish creating much employment. Melpash Court is the former manor house Strode & Slape House and Hatchlands are also notable. The soil is light sandy loam with a subsoil of sand, the chief crop are wheat, barley and roots. |
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of the entire parish is 6,225 acres and the population in 1871 was 1,809
persons. Bowood and Salway Ash are tithings within the parish. There is
a Post Office in Netherbury and in Salway Ash. A National School was erected in 1863 and enlarged in 1879, Mr Wm Dodd, master. Miss Muxworthy is mistress of the National School at Salway Ash. Public houses within Netherbury are the Star Inn, Hare & Hounds, New Inn, Blue Ball and Crook Inn. At Salway Ash there is the Rising Sun. Details extracted from the 1880 Kelly's Directory. Old postcards show the Church and steps and a view od Netherbury & Leweston dates 1900. |
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The OPC for Netherbury is Geraldine Gasparelli Most of my
data is not yet available on-line, please contact me using the above
link. |
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| Census | I
have transcribed the following census:- 1841, 1851, 1861, 1881 and 1901. I can also provide some information for the 1891. |
| Parish Registers | I have
transcription of the following:- Baptisms 1592 - 1880, Melplash Baptisms 1846 - 1880 Burials 1592 - 1880, Melplash Burials 1846 - 1880 Marriages 1592 - 1839 1837-1860 SALWAY ASH Baptisms 1839-1872 |
| Non-Conformist Records | Baptisms
only Independent Chapel, East St, Beaminster 1796 - 1835 Independent Chapel, Barrack St, Bridport, 1815 - 1836 Methodist Chapel, Bridport, 1834 - 1837 Unitarian Presbyterian Chapel, Bridport, 1820 - 1837 Dorset entries from Independent Chapel, Martock, Somerset . 1788 - 1803 Dorset entries from Bible Christian Chapel, Crewkerne, Somerset 1827 - 1837 (no Netherbury entries) Waytown Congregational Chapel baptisms 1836 - 1908 (with gaps) and notes of church members |
| Monumental Inscriptions | Netherbury Churchyard entries as recorded by the then Vicar in 1986 Salway Ash Monumental Inscriptions |
| Other Records | Who's Who in Dorset for the year 1934 |
| Maps | The 1891 Ordnance Survey maps of the parish can be seen at the old-maps site, just enter 'Netherbury' under place search. |