Shillingstone

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	Shillingstone is a parish and a village on the River Stour and also on the main road from Sturminster Newton to Blandford. It also had a railway station sited on the Midland and South Westerrn Joint railway. The Church of the Holy Rood is built of stone and has a chancel in the Early English style, a nave, north aisle, south porch and square embattled tower holding 5 bells, one dating from 1622. The church was restored in 1889 when the north aisle was added. The registers date from 1654.
There was a Wesleyan chapel in the village. In the centre of the village there is an old cross [seen on the left of the adjoining photograph]. There is the remains of another cross in the churchyard and the base of a third on the Blandford road. Whitehill is a hamlet 1 miles south east and Gainscross 2 miles south east. The Church of England School was built in 1855 and enlarged several times. The population in 1891 was 546.
The Online Parish Clerk (OPC) for Shillingstone is Nigel Kennard Nigel can be contacted on nigel1 [at] dorset-opc.com Replace [at] with @ and leave no spaces All records transcribed by the OPC unless otherwise stated
Census	1841 Census 1861 Census Reg Howard 1871 Census Mike Weiner
Parish Registers BT's ~ Bishop's Transcripts PR's ~ Parish Registers	Baptisms 1781-1812 [BT's] 1813-1837 [BT's & PR's] Nigel Kennard & Mike Weiner 1838-1864 & 1865-1899 [PR's] Mike Weiner Marriages 1781-1812, 1813-1837 [BT's] 1837-1901 [PR's] Burials 1778-1812, 1813-1837 Burial database donated by Robert Hurley, please see notes on the pages 1654-1720, 1721-1800, 1801-1850, 1851-1900, 1901-1977
Curate & Clerks	A list of Curates & Clerks in the parish by Ann Peters
Military Records	Shillingstone & the Army - a list of all men from the parish who have served by Ann Peters
Monumental Inscriptions	An index of all the names on Monumental Inscriptions in the church yard.
Directories	Kelly's 1899, 1920, 1931 & 1939 by Annette Rose
Other Records	Extracts from the Dorset Quarter Sessions Extracts from Parish Council Minutes
Links	Shillingstone - The Story of a Dorset Village Edited by REV. J. H. COOKE. Rector of Shillingstone
Maps	The 1891 ordinance survey maps of the parish can be seen at the old-maps site, just enter 'Shillingstone' under place search.
	For modern location maps & aerial views visit:- www.multimap.com For a 1920's map showing the location of the parish click on the thumbnail on the left
Shillingstone from an old postcard circa 1910. The building on the right is the village post office
Shillingstone Station circa 1910
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