The seaside town of Weymouth lies to the South West of the county of Dorset, with the county town of Dorchester 6 miles to the North. The best introduction to the town of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis I have found is from a Ward Lock illustrated guide book from 1935 and as I couldn't explain it any better myself I will quote here;
"Strictly speaking, Weymouth is a tiny old seaport fringed with newer houses,
on the right bank of the little river Wey, while the bigger, more bustling seaside
town which is strung out along the bay, northward from the left bank, is Melcombe
- originally called after an ancient mill long since disappeared - with 'Regis'
added to indicate that it formed part of a royal domain. For the sake of convenience,
however, and following popular custom, the name Weymouth by itself is used..."
 Weymouth
did not have it's own Anglican church until Holy Trinity was built
in the 1830's and therefore you will find many Weymouth baptisms,
marriages and deaths before that time in the Wyke Regis pages on
the Dorset OPC site.
Weymouth,
Wyke Regis and Melcombe Regis were literally next to each other,
if you can't find your relatives in the Weymouth & Melcombe
Regis listings, try the OPC for Wyke Regis on the main Dorset
OPC site
You
can e-mail me -
please put OPC Weymouth in the subject line. Please remember that
errors in interpretation can and do occur when transcribing old
material. It is important that
you check the original records most of which are held at the Dorset
History Centre.
THIS SITE IS BEING HOSTED ON THE MAIN
DORSET OPC SITE FOR NOW DUE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS
***Thankyou to Bob Stone for transcribing the records for St Mary's, Melcombe Regis***
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