Dorset Monumental Inscriptions

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Introduction

This is a joint project by the Dorset Family History Society and the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society. There are two databases with slightly different information.

Transcription and conventions used

This monumental inscription index records 11,924 names from gravestones and other monuments from 37 churches, chapels, churchyards and burial grounds in Dorset.

The records include:

  • Forenames and Surname of person
  • Date of Death
  • Age if given
  • Date of Birth if given
  • Parish containing inscription
  • Denomination of church or chapel
  • Reference of plot or memorial
  • Type of gravestone or monument
  • Relationship
  • Notes details from inscription

Coverage

The current index includes the following parishes. The number of entries and the years covered are shown for each parish, cemetery or yard.

County of Dorset

Parish / sectionNo. of entriesYear range
BROADSTONE CEMY A1761908-1998
BROADSTONE CEMY B1031904-1979
CHILD OKEFORD ST NICHOLAS7781782-1998
EAST LULWORTH ST ANDREW1701683-1999
EAST ORCHARD ST THOMAS1331860-1996
EAST STOUR CHRIST CHURCH1991839-1994
FIFEHEAD MAGDALEN281862-1982
FONTMELL MAGNA ST ANDREW4911696-1997
GILLINGHAM ST MARY5161437-1996
HAMMOON721658-1998
HINTON ST MARY ST PETER2341642-1998
IWERNE COURTNEY OR SHROTON ST MARY5721633-1996
IWERNE MINSTER ST MARY5491711-1996
KINGTON MAGNA ALL SAINTS2561798-1995
LYTCHETT MINSTER U R C531833-1992
MANSTON1571633-1996
MARGARET MARSH491725-1997
MELBURY ABBAS NEW YARD1991903-1995
MELBURY ABBAS ST THOMAS1361458-1986
MOTCOMBE ST MARY6111627-1995
MOTCOMBE WAR MEM371914-1939
NETHER CERNE301723-1986
PARKSTONE ST CLEMENT16161888-1991
SHAFTESBURY ST JAMES5901694-1996
SHILLINGSTONE, CHURCH OF THE HOLY ROOD10851727-1997
STAPEHILL1901853-1990
STOUR PROVOST3721694-1994
STOUR ROW2271866-1994
STUDLAND ST NICHOLAS8411705-1999
SUTTON WALDRON1891830-1996
TODBER1241878-1994
TOLPUDDLE2211699-1999
TYNEHAM ST MARY'S1021714-2000
WEST LULWORTH HOLY TRINITY4841821-1995
WIMBORNE MINSTER691701-1985
WIMBORNE URC421778-1942
WINTERBORNE MONKTON2231421-2001
Total (37)119241421-2001

More parishes will follow in due course.

Checking

This database has been 100% checked.

Grouping

These records are grouped by memorial using the Grave Reference.

Abbreviations and Codes

The following abbreviations have been used:

  • b = Book
  • br = Broken
  • h = headstone
  • k = Kerb
  • p = Plaque
  • r = Reclining
  • sh = Shield
  • sl = Slab
  • WG = War Grave
  • X = Cross
  • 2or3 = kerb 2 or 3 plotswide
  • ho = Husband of
  • wo = Wife of
  • s/do = Son/Dau of
  • y/e = Youngest/Eldest
  • f = Father
  • m = Mother

How to buy

Other related information is available on CD-ROM (for MS-Windows) and microfiche from the Dorset Family History Society, web site www.dorsetfhs.org.uk and the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society, web site http://www.sdfhs.org

Contact details

Dorset Family History Society. Web: www.dorsetfhs.org.uk

Somerset and Dorset Family History Society. Web: http://www.sdfhs.org

Copyright and disclaimer

© Trustees of the Dorset Family History Society and the Trustees of the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society.

Every care has been taken in the preparation of this Index. However, users are advised to view the original inscriptions for additional information and to confirm for themselves interpretation of the inscription.

Neither the Dorset Family History Society nor the Somerset and Dorset Family History Society will accept any liability for any errors or omissions that remain (although they would welcome notification of alternative interpretations after the searcher has viewed the registers).

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