Swanage Genealogical Records
Swanage Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Baptisms records for children living in and around Swanage, detail the names of their parents - their occupations and residence from 1813 to 1906.
Baptism registers document the baptism and sometimes birth of people in and around Swanage. They list parents' names - their occupations, residence and sometimes other details.
Baptism registers document the baptism and sometimes birth of people in and around Swanage. They list parents' names - their occupations, residence and sometimes other details.
Baptism registers are the primary source of birth details before 1837, though are useful to the present. They record a child's name, parents' names and date of birth and/or baptism.
Swanage Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
The Marriage registers of Swanage, document marriages 1813 to 1909. Details given on the bride and groom may include their age, father's name, marital status and residence.
Marriage registers record Anglican marriages in Swanage. They are the primary marriage document before 1837 and contain the same details as marriage certificates from then on.
Marriage records from people who married at Swanage between 1564 and 1841. Lists an individual's abode, marital status and more.
Brief notes on marriages that occurred at the church between 1595 and 1905.
Swanage Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Burial records for people buried at Swanage between 1813 and 1929. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age.
Burial records for people buried at Swanage between 1560 and 1812. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age.
Burial records for people buried at Swanage between 1813 and 1837. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
An index to burial records kept by the church. This resource is an index and may not include all the details that were recorded in the registers.
Swanage Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
A full name index, connected to original images of the registers. These records list those who were eligible to vote and may give a description of an individual's property.
A list of freeholders in the county, with their residence, the name of their tenants and the location of their freehold.
Transcriptions of hearth tax records for the county of Dorset.
Newspapers Covering Swanage
A politically independent newspaper, covering the affairs of Dorset, Devon, Cornwall and Somerset. It includes family notices.
A regional newspaper covering the counties of Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire Hampshire and Berkshire. It covers local and national news, family announcements, business news, legal proceedings and more.
A liberal newspaper covering the counties of Cornwall, Devon and Dorset. It includes family notices.
A regional newspaper including news from the Dorset area, family announcements, business notices, advertisements, legal & governmental proceedings and more.
A London newspaper that later became The Sun.
Swanage Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
An index to 295,609 wills of people who lived in or were connected to Devon. The wills they reference can contain a great deal of genealogical information.
An index to Gloucestershire wills from Bristol and Gloucester Diocese.
An index linked to original images of wills, administrations and inventories proved in Dorset courts. Documents contain much genealogical information.
An index to estate administrations performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The index covers the southern two thirds of England & Wales, but may also contain entries for northerners.
Swanage Immigration & Travel Records
An index linked to original images of documents for vagrants. These records were draw up for poor people who moved to parishes where their presence was unwanted. They contain much genealogical information.
Indentures and other records that recorded the transportation of Dorset men and women to the colonies.
Details of individuals who left Dorset for New England.
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
A full index of passenger lists for vessels arriving in the UK linked to original images. Does not include lists from vessels sailing from European ports. Early entries can be brief, but later entries may include dates of births, occupations, home addresses and more. Useful for documenting immigration.
Swanage Military Records
An index linked to original images of lists men eligible to serve in the militia. Records may include name, residence, occupation, age, height, marital status, disabilities and family details.
A list of Dorset-men who were in the military and registered to vote as absent.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Dorset, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Dorset, with some service details.
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Swanage Court & Legal Records
Over 60,000 documents relating to prisoners held at Dorchester Prison. The collection includes admission and discharge books and photographs of the latter prisoners.
Documents relating to the licensing of alehouses. Contains details on the proprietor, establishment and conditions of the licence.
Original images of Dorset parish records. Including: poor rates, overseers, churchwardens, vestry, incumbents' and other records.
The records document Quarter Session judges’ decisions in matters that include settlement inquiries, highway rates, criminal trials, registers of settlement, orders of removal, bastardy examinations, apprenticeships, licensing, contracts, lists of justices, and other matters related to the business of running the county.
Original images of Dorset parish records. Including: poor rates, overseers, churchwardens, vestry, incumbents' and other records.
Swanage Taxation Records
Maps delineating fields in Dorset, which are referenced to documents recording field names, land owners, occupiers, land use and land size.
Digital images of 18th and 19th century records that record landowners and their tenants. The taxable value of the land is given, and sometimes a description of the property. These records can be searched by names and place indices.
Transcriptions of hearth tax records for the county of Dorset.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Swanage Land & Property Records
A full name index, connected to original images of the registers. These records list those who were eligible to vote and may give a description of an individual's property.
Maps delineating fields in Dorset, which are referenced to documents recording field names, land owners, occupiers, land use and land size.
Digital images of 18th and 19th century records that record landowners and their tenants. The taxable value of the land is given, and sometimes a description of the property. These records can be searched by names and place indices.
A list of freeholders in the county, with their residence, the name of their tenants and the location of their freehold.
A list of Dorset-men who were in the military and registered to vote as absent.
Swanage Directories & Gazetteers
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
Swanage Cemeteries
An index to vital details engraved on gravestones and other monuments across the county of Dorset.
An index to inscriptions found on 56,608 gravestones and monuments in Dorset. The index includes details of relationships.
An index to inscriptions found on over 11,500 gravestones in Dorset. The index includes details of relationships.
Photographs and descriptions of Dorset' most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Swanage Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Swanage Histories & Books
Selected issues of a periodical which contains many historical and genealogical tracts relating to the counties of Somerset and Dorset.
A history of Catholicism in South West England with biographies of noted Catholics. Contains details of the Dominican, Benedictine, and Franciscan orders.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and images of churches in Dorset.
Short profiles of Dorsetshire churches, containing photographs and bibliographies.
Swanage School & Education Records
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A searchable database containing over 90,000 note-form biographies for students of Cambridge University.
Swanage Occupation & Business Records
A collection of nearly 60,000 documents including crew lists, ship agreements and log books for Dorset. Records may contain information of a sailors birth, life, duties and discipline.
Abstracts of apprenticeship indentures initiated by parishes in Dorset. These records provide details on parents' names and occupations.
Over 3,300 documents relating to bounties offered to farmers by the government to grow hemp & flax.
An article describing the life of labourers in Dorset in the 19th century. Includes details on hiring practices and poverty.
An introduction to smuggling in Dorset & Hampshire.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Swanage
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Swanage Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Photographs and descriptions of Dorset' most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
Swanage Church Records
The primary source of documentation for baptisms, marriages and burials before 1837, though extremely useful to the present. Their records can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
Documentation for those baptised, married and buried at Swanage. Parish registers can assist tracing a family back numerous generations.
The parish registers of Swanage are a collection of books essentially documenting births, marriages and deaths from 1563 to 1812.
Original images of Dorset parish records. Including: poor rates, overseers, churchwardens, vestry, incumbents' and other records.
Abstracts of apprenticeship indentures initiated by parishes in Dorset. These records provide details on parents' names and occupations.
Biographical Directories Covering Swanage
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Swanage Maps
Maps delineating fields in Dorset, which are referenced to documents recording field names, land owners, occupiers, land use and land size.
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Swanage Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
Swanwichy or Swanage, a large and populous village, in a low situation, at the southeast extremity of the Isle of Purbeck, on the margin of Swanage Bay, which is bounded on one side by Shedland Foreland, and on the other by Peverell Point. Near this place the Danish fleet was wrecked, in the reign of King Alfred. "The Bay ' is extremely commodious for bathing, and of course attracts a few families to the town in the season. All the houses in Swabnage are of stone, the quarries of which are close to the town. The Church is a large building, in various styles of architecture. The tower is said to have been erected before the birth of Christ.
It is perhaps, the oldest building in the isle, not excepting even Corfe Castle; for though composed of the same sort of stone, this has acquired a greater degree of nitrous incrustation than that has, and, like it, the mortar is almost petrified, or turned into stone by length of time. The walls are very thick, and about 80 feet in perpendicular height: the chief entrance was through a large arch in the east side, which now serves for a passage into the church. In this side, and about halfway the height, is a large arched window. In the upper loft are four lancet windows, one on each side; besides some small apertures for the admission of light, in every loft, There is a small Herring Fishery here, set on foot by William Moreton Pitt, Esq. The season for fishing usually begins in September, and continues about two months. Considerable quantities, after having been smoked and dried, are shipped for Portsmouth, London, and other places.
Swanwich, however, derives it chief support from the stone-quarries, of which there are upwards of 60 within the parish, constantly worked. When they were originally opened is unknown, as they have been worked time immemorially. That the columns in Salisbury Cathedral, which were finished in 1258, and likewise the Hall at Winchester, an ancient building, are made of the stone (though not now in use,) called Purbeck marble, dug near the fort, at the point of land called Peverel Point, that runs into the sea, and forms one side of Swanwich Bay. There are, likewise, some miles within land, very large quarries, where this marble is supposed to be dug." Immense rocks extend along the coast, to St.
Adhelm's Head, and beyond, and it seems to be the basis of the southern part of Purbeck. It exhibits different degrees of fineness, and the decomposition of the shells is much further advanced in some spe cimens than in others. In the interstices of the strata of lime stone, about Peverel Point, are numerous glittering crystals of selenite, formed in a sort of fibrous marl. The surface of this mail is here and there covered with a fine farinaceous gypsum: and it appears also in an indurated state, constituting alternate strata with the limestone. Pyrites abound in the latter : and hence the sulphuric acid concerned in the formation of the selenite and gypsum seems to be obtained." Between Corfe Castle and Swanage is Nine-Harrow Down., so called from its having nine Barrows in a line, which are supposed to be of British construction. According to the late trigonometrical survey, the most elevated part of this Down is 642 feet above the level of the sea, reckoning from low water mark. The ridge terminates at Standfast Point (near Studland,) the white front of which is opposite to the high point, near the Needles.
SWANAGE is a rising watering place, seaport, parish and railway station and town in the Isle of Purbeck, 10 miles south-east from Wareham, 6 south-east from Corfe Castle and 135 from London, in the Eastern division of the county, hundred of Rowbarrow, petty sessional division and county court district of Wareham, union of Wareham and Purbeck, rural deanery of Dorchester (Purbeck portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The “Local Government Act of 1858” (21 & 22 Viet. c. 98), was adopted July 15, 1873, and the town was governed by a Local Board until the “Local Government Act, 1894,” established the present Urban District Council; the Council also forms a burial board. The line of railway in connection with the London and South Western railway at Wareham was opened in May, 1885. The port of Swanage is under the port of Poole. The old part of the town consists of a narrow, irregularly built street of about a mile in length; the modern town has been erected on the Durleston Park Estate, the property of the late George Burt esq. a native of Swanage, who, with Sir John C. Robinson F. R. S. of Newton Manor, largely contributed to the improvement of the town. Two miles of roads are made and the drainage designed in the most perfect manner: the Swanage Water Co. have an artesian well which insures an ample supply of pure water, pumped by steam power to a reservoir 200 feet above the sea, supplying the whole property. The town is lighted with gas by the Swanage Gas Co. The Royal Victoria Hotel, visited by Her Majesty, then H.R. H. Princess Victoria, in 1835, and by the Prince of Wales, is a good family hotel, with every comfort and convenience. The Ship Hotel for families and travellers is five minutes’ walk from the railway station. Golf links of 9 holes were formed in 1891 for the local golf club. The bathing here is good, the sands being firm, clean and with a uniform slope at all states of the tide. There is a pier, at which steamers plying between Poole, Bournemouth and Swanage call, and is between 700 and 800 feet in length. The rides and drives in the vicinity are beautiful. The daily variation in temperature is very small, amounting only to 10 deg.; the sunshine is greater than most parts of England and there is an entire absence of fog. To those fond of yachting and fishing, Swanage offers many attractions: good seaworthy boats and tackle can always be had. Swanage Bay is a good roadstead in all vinds except easterly, affording anchorage for vessels of from 300 to 400 tons within the heads of Peverel and Handfast points; a breakwater is much needed, which would greatly add to the safety of the bay as a roadstead: large quantities of stone being sent from here annually, both by water and rail. Purbeck stone, the staple of this neighbourhood, has for ages been an important article of export, and the trade in this respect is now reviving. Lobsters are taken here.
The church of St. Mary was, with the exception of the tower, entirely rebuilt of stone in the years 1859 to 1860 : it is a cruciform structure, in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and tower; the latter is very ancient, supposed of Saxon origin, with massive walls rising in four stages to a height of 80 feet, and it contains a clock and 8 bells, 4 of which were hung in 1888, in memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Burt, who died Jan. 6th, 1886: there are several good stained windows and tablets and brasses: on the south side of chancel is a memorial window to Rear-Admiral Sir Eaton S. Travers K.H. died 1858, and of Anne Palmer, his wife, died in 1864; one in south transept to John Mowlem, who died in 1868, another to Susanna Mowlem, d. 1849, and one to the infant children of George and Elizabeth Burt; on the south side of nave, one in memory of Elizabeth Sophia, wife of J. Davies Sewell, who died in 1680, and another in the north transept is in memory of Thomas Randell, d. 1869 : there are 600 sittings. The ground now used as the cemetery is a little to the north of the church, detached from the building. The register dates from the year 1500. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £435, gross yearly value £503, net £388, with glebe (£12) and residence, in the gift of W. M. Calcraft esq. and held since 1887 by the Rev. Thomas Alfred Gurney M.A., LL.B. of St. John’s College, Cambridge. There is a chapel of ease at Herston named St. Mark’s and a school in connection with it; also a reading room, built in 1867. The Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1886, in High street, at a cost of £5,800, is a stone building in the Gothic style, and will seat 600 persons. There is a Congregational chapel; also a mission hall, erected in 1872 by members of different denominations, which is now used by the Salvation Army: the basement of this building is fitted up as a workmen's hall and reading room. A cemetery of 1 ½ acres, at Northbrook, was formed in 1856 at a cost of £1,000 and is under the control of the Urban District Council acting as a burial board. The Town Hall, in the High street, is a substantial stone building, erected in 1883 by the late George Burt esq. at a cost of £4,500; the front is a fine elevation with some handsome stone carving by Wren, formerly part of the front of Mercers’ Hall, Cheapside, London. The Mowlem Institute, on the beach, was erected in 1863, at a cost of £1,100, entirely defrayed by the late John Mowlem esq. of this town, and also endowed with £200, invested in £2 ¾ per Cent. Consols, for repairs and insurance, to which a sum of £800 has been added by Messrs. Freeman and Burt, partners of the late John Mowlem esq. the founder: the building is a stone structure and was “established for the improvement of the inhabitants in the arts connected with their callings and in the principles of science and useful knowledge generally:” it has a library of 1,800 volumes, a hall for lectures, attached to which is the reading room, well supplied with the London and local newspapers: the current expenses are met by annual payments of the subscribers and a nominal charge to casual visitors, which entitles them to full benefits of the institute. A Freemasons’ lodge meets here every month, of which Mr. Mowlem was the first master. A well-proportioned pillar in proximity to the institute commemorates the naval victory King Alfred gained over the Danes in the Bay of Swanage in 877. No. 5 Battery of the 1st Dorsetshire Artillery, Southern Division, Royal Artillery, has head quarters in the town. An obelisk of Swanage stone at the entrance of the town is to the memory of “Albert the Good.” A clock tower in the grounds of Grove House and a prominent object from the bay was originally erected on the Surrey side of London Bridge to the memory of the Duke of Wellington, but the arrangements for the railway from Charing Cross to London Bridge necessitating its removal, it was presented by the firm of Mowlem and Co. to Mr. Docwra, who re-erected it in its present position. There was formerly a trade in straw plait, giving employment to a number of women and children: it was made into baskets, mats and other fancy articles, but the trade in fancy goods has considerably revived of late years.
Swanage Swimming Club was established in 1886 by the late Mr. George Burt J.P.
There are three charities: viz., Toop’s, a gift of £38, date unknown, which is invested in £2 ¾ per Cent, Consols ; the dividends are applied now in the circulation of relief and coal tickets amongst the deserving poor: Dudley’s charity; this was a gift of £45 by will from Miss Dudley, date unknown; this is also invested in £2 ¾ per Cent. Consols and the dividends are applied in the same manner: Isaac Fryer’s charity; this was formerly an annuity of £5 for the poor of Kingston, Swanage and West Lulworth: the executors of Isaac Fryer’s will were directed to purchase out of the personal estate of the testator a sum of £500 Consols for the purpose of securing these annuities.
A holiday home and boarding house, in connection with the Young Women’s Christian Association, has recently (1895) been opened at 1 Park road, by two ladies who reside there, for the use of business employees, governesses, Christian workers and others needing rest and change.
On Peverel Point is the coastguard station, with a battery commanding the bay. Jutting out from this point into the sea is a dangerous ledge of rocks: a lifeboat has been established here, and a light-house erected at Anvil Point, near Durlston Head, by the Trinity Board. It is about midway between the Portland and Needle lights, and lifeboats are also stationed respectively at Poole, Chapman’s Pool and Kimmeridge.
Purbeck House is the residence of the Misses Burt.
Newton Manor, the seat of Sir John Charles Robinson F. S. A. and formerly that of the Cockrams of Newton and Whitecliff, was held by them till about 1830, and came into the possession of the present owner in 1872. The house, built of Purbeck stone and at various times, contains some fine rooms, with carved oak and stone chimney pieces and panelling, and a dining hall with open timber roof. In the house is an extensive collection of works of art, brought together by the present owner. The house is surrounded by fine elm trees, and the surrounding grounds are embellished with statues and ornamental fragments, including two fine 15th century well-heads from Venice, and an inscribed Roman altar from Aquileia.
The chief landowners are the Earl of Eldon, who is lord of the manor, Captain Rogers George Burt, the trustees of the late George Burt, Sir J. C. Robinson F. S. A. of Newton manor, and John Ernest Mowlem esq.
The area is 3,095 acres of land and 163 of foreshore; rateable value, £10,313; the population in 1891 was 2,674.
Of the outlying farm houses the most ancient are Whitecliff, supposed to have been formerly a residence of King John, 1 ¼ miles north, and Godlingston, formerly attached to a monastery, 1 ½ miles north-west; parts of the remains are of great antiquity; the farm buildings of Godlingston are very complete.
Herston is a hamlet, half a mile west; Tilly Whim, a remarkable ancient quarry in the face of the cliff, is distant 1 ¼ miles south.
Places of Worship, with times of services
St. Mary’s Church, Rev. Thomas Alfred Gurney M.A. , LL.B. rector; 8 & 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m. Fri 11 a.m.
St. Mark’s Chapel of Ease, Herston, 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. Congregational, Rev. Thomas Steer; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.
Wesleyan, Rev. S. Birt Coley; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.
Wesleyan, Herston, 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; 7.15 p.m. Tues.
Schools
A School Board of 5 members was formed 28th Feb. 1894, S. J. S. Tatchell, clerk to the board.
Board (mixed), built in 1835, for 196 children; average attendance, 197.
New Schools are now (1895) in the course of erection, one for 300 children and one for 150 infants.
Board (infants'), built in 1835, for 104 children; average attendance, 102.
National, Herston (mixed), built in 1867, for 120 children; average attendance, 95.
Most Common Surnames in Swanage
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Rowberrow Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smith | 78 | 1:30 | 5.04% | 2 |
| 2 | Collins | 65 | 1:36 | 12.40% | 43 |
| 2 | Norman | 65 | 1:36 | 21.10% | 116 |
| 4 | Masters | 64 | 1:37 | 25.50% | 153 |
| 5 | Phippard | 55 | 1:43 | 72.37% | 545 |
| 6 | Brown | 54 | 1:44 | 3.59% | 3 |
| 7 | White | 53 | 1:45 | 2.73% | 1 |
| 7 | Tomes | 53 | 1:45 | 84.13% | 623 |
| 9 | Harris | 37 | 1:64 | 4.57% | 10 |
| 10 | Stickland | 36 | 1:66 | 6.83% | 40 |
| 11 | Haysome | 34 | 1:70 | 100.00% | 1,007 |
| 12 | Burt | 33 | 1:72 | 6.08% | 37 |
| 13 | Edmonds | 32 | 1:74 | 29.63% | 390 |
| 14 | Hardy | 31 | 1:76 | 8.49% | 84 |
| 14 | Bonfield | 31 | 1:76 | 44.29% | 581 |
| 16 | Weeks | 28 | 1:85 | 23.93% | 356 |
| 16 | Bower | 28 | 1:85 | 10.81% | 148 |
| 18 | Turner | 27 | 1:88 | 7.89% | 99 |
| 19 | Tatchell | 26 | 1:91 | 36.11% | 565 |
| 19 | Haysom | 26 | 1:91 | 68.42% | 927 |
| 21 | Chinchen | 25 | 1:95 | 33.78% | 555 |
| 22 | Cooper | 24 | 1:99 | 8.39% | 128 |
| 23 | Hixon | 23 | 1:103 | 100.00% | 1,283 |
| 24 | Stockley | 22 | 1:108 | 10.28% | 192 |
| 25 | Corben | 21 | 1:113 | 58.33% | 959 |
| 26 | Seymour | 20 | 1:118 | 16.53% | 336 |
| 26 | Dowland | 20 | 1:118 | 37.04% | 716 |
| 28 | Summers | 19 | 1:125 | 13.57% | 297 |
| 29 | King | 18 | 1:132 | 2.30% | 11 |
| 29 | Pond | 18 | 1:132 | 19.35% | 460 |
| 29 | Gillingham | 18 | 1:132 | 4.88% | 81 |
| 32 | Bradford | 17 | 1:139 | 22.37% | 545 |
| 32 | Squibb | 17 | 1:139 | 7.14% | 166 |
| 34 | Parker | 16 | 1:148 | 4.44% | 87 |
| 34 | Cole | 16 | 1:148 | 4.11% | 73 |
| 36 | Williams | 15 | 1:158 | 2.35% | 26 |
| 36 | Hibbs | 15 | 1:158 | 7.61% | 205 |
| 36 | Benfield | 15 | 1:158 | 25.42% | 660 |
| 39 | Styles | 14 | 1:169 | 24.14% | 672 |
| 39 | Beavis | 14 | 1:169 | 38.89% | 959 |
| 39 | Coffin | 14 | 1:169 | 12.07% | 361 |
| 39 | Manwell | 14 | 1:169 | 66.67% | 1,363 |
| 39 | della Motte | 14 | 1:169 | 100.00% | 1,745 |
| 44 | Grant | 13 | 1:182 | 5.75% | 177 |
| 44 | Marsh | 13 | 1:182 | 1.93% | 22 |
| 44 | Selby | 13 | 1:182 | 8.90% | 284 |
| 44 | Courtney | 13 | 1:182 | 12.26% | 400 |
| 48 | Taylor | 12 | 1:197 | 1.68% | 15 |
| 48 | Harding | 12 | 1:197 | 4.32% | 136 |
| 48 | Parsons | 12 | 1:197 | 1.78% | 21 |
| 48 | Coleman | 12 | 1:197 | 13.04% | 463 |
| 48 | Linington | 12 | 1:197 | 100.00% | 1,933 |
| 53 | Mitchell | 11 | 1:215 | 1.96% | 34 |
| 53 | Moss | 11 | 1:215 | 15.71% | 581 |
| 53 | Hillier | 11 | 1:215 | 10.38% | 400 |
| 53 | Toms | 11 | 1:215 | 5.09% | 189 |
| 53 | Meader | 11 | 1:215 | 19.64% | 695 |
| 58 | Day | 10 | 1:237 | 3.95% | 152 |
| 58 | Bishop | 10 | 1:237 | 1.66% | 29 |
| 58 | Guy | 10 | 1:237 | 2.92% | 99 |
| 58 | Churchill | 10 | 1:237 | 2.04% | 48 |
| 62 | Green | 9 | 1:263 | 1.32% | 20 |
| 62 | Graham | 9 | 1:263 | 22.50% | 895 |
| 62 | Spencer | 9 | 1:263 | 5.17% | 239 |
| 62 | Burgess | 9 | 1:263 | 4.89% | 229 |
| 62 | Long | 9 | 1:263 | 3.23% | 135 |
| 62 | Hobbs | 9 | 1:263 | 5.88% | 270 |
| 62 | Galley | 9 | 1:263 | 90.00% | 2,156 |
| 62 | Mellish | 9 | 1:263 | 18.75% | 787 |
| 62 | Cleall | 9 | 1:263 | 5.92% | 272 |
| 62 | Vye | 9 | 1:263 | 11.39% | 524 |
| 62 | Coxen | 9 | 1:263 | 100.00% | 2,313 |
| 62 | Diffey | 9 | 1:263 | 8.82% | 416 |
| 74 | Holt | 8 | 1:296 | 7.08% | 373 |
| 74 | Hopkins | 8 | 1:296 | 2.81% | 129 |
| 74 | Hancock | 8 | 1:296 | 9.41% | 494 |
| 74 | Short | 8 | 1:296 | 2.33% | 97 |
| 74 | Orchard | 8 | 1:296 | 3.48% | 173 |
| 74 | Pitcher | 8 | 1:296 | 3.43% | 168 |
| 74 | Dorey | 8 | 1:296 | 4.55% | 236 |
| 74 | Bowring | 8 | 1:296 | 3.56% | 179 |
| 74 | Trim | 8 | 1:296 | 3.13% | 150 |
| 74 | Bastable | 8 | 1:296 | 5.80% | 299 |
| 74 | Horlock | 8 | 1:296 | 8.00% | 422 |
| 74 | Devenish | 8 | 1:296 | 12.70% | 623 |
| 74 | Rosevear | 8 | 1:296 | 100.00% | 2,498 |
| 74 | Damon | 8 | 1:296 | 8.08% | 427 |
| 74 | Goringe | 8 | 1:296 | 22.22% | 959 |
| 89 | Clark | 7 | 1:338 | 1.60% | 57 |
| 89 | Webber | 7 | 1:338 | 3.65% | 213 |
| 89 | Dyke | 7 | 1:338 | 5.79% | 336 |
| 89 | Seaman | 7 | 1:338 | 30.43% | 1,283 |
| 89 | Travers | 7 | 1:338 | 2.63% | 141 |
| 89 | Studley | 7 | 1:338 | 9.59% | 560 |
| 89 | Farwell | 7 | 1:338 | 4.73% | 278 |
| 89 | Linnington | 7 | 1:338 | 22.58% | 1,064 |
| 89 | Seavill | 7 | 1:338 | 100.00% | 2,754 |
| 89 | Colleau | 7 | 1:338 | 100.00% | 2,754 |
| 99 | Cox | 6 | 1:395 | 0.65% | 7 |
| 99 | Stevens | 6 | 1:395 | 1.44% | 65 |
| 99 | Cross | 6 | 1:395 | 1.46% | 67 |
| 99 | Sullivan | 6 | 1:395 | 31.58% | 1,451 |
| 99 | Gould | 6 | 1:395 | 1.87% | 109 |
| 99 | Best | 6 | 1:395 | 2.09% | 126 |
| 99 | Buck | 6 | 1:395 | 30.00% | 1,402 |
| 99 | McEy | 6 | 1:395 | 7.06% | 494 |
| 99 | Cheesman | 6 | 1:395 | 8.82% | 591 |
| 99 | Cull | 6 | 1:395 | 7.41% | 511 |
| 99 | Harden | 6 | 1:395 | 31.58% | 1,451 |
| 99 | Dolphin | 6 | 1:395 | 75.00% | 2,498 |
| 99 | Eyres | 6 | 1:395 | 22.22% | 1,174 |
| 99 | Handcock | 6 | 1:395 | 75.00% | 2,498 |
| 99 | Bidgood | 6 | 1:395 | 100.00% | 3,092 |
| 99 | Curtiss | 6 | 1:395 | 21.43% | 1,150 |
| 99 | Cockerell | 6 | 1:395 | 100.00% | 3,092 |
| 99 | Wellstead | 6 | 1:395 | 4.69% | 319 |
| 99 | Brunsdon | 6 | 1:395 | 85.71% | 2,754 |
| 99 | Arbon | 6 | 1:395 | 100.00% | 3,092 |
| 99 | Battrick | 6 | 1:395 | 5.08% | 352 |
| 120 | Davis | 5 | 1:473 | 0.61% | 9 |
| 120 | Gray | 5 | 1:473 | 1.03% | 49 |
| 120 | Kelly | 5 | 1:473 | 9.80% | 755 |
| 120 | Andrews | 5 | 1:473 | 0.75% | 23 |
| 120 | Watts | 5 | 1:473 | 0.98% | 45 |
| 120 | Woodcock | 5 | 1:473 | 14.29% | 981 |
| 120 | Moir | 5 | 1:473 | 100.00% | 3,470 |
| 120 | Collis | 5 | 1:473 | 5.10% | 432 |
| 120 | Meikle | 5 | 1:473 | 45.45% | 2,038 |
| 120 | Randell | 5 | 1:473 | 6.17% | 511 |
| 120 | Billett | 5 | 1:473 | 6.94% | 565 |
| 120 | Hooke | 5 | 1:473 | 50.00% | 2,156 |
| 120 | Hake | 5 | 1:473 | 45.45% | 2,038 |
| 120 | Shott | 5 | 1:473 | 100.00% | 3,470 |
| 120 | Keynes | 5 | 1:473 | 6.49% | 540 |
| 120 | Marshfield | 5 | 1:473 | 45.45% | 2,038 |
| 120 | Nineham | 5 | 1:473 | 10.64% | 801 |
| 120 | Searley | 5 | 1:473 | 10.42% | 787 |
| 120 | Hove | 5 | 1:473 | 100.00% | 3,470 |
| 120 | Pushman | 5 | 1:473 | 100.00% | 3,470 |
| 120 | Gaugh | 5 | 1:473 | 100.00% | 3,470 |
| 120 | Burdle | 5 | 1:473 | 83.33% | 3,092 |
| 142 | Marshall | 4 | 1:592 | 4.30% | 460 |
| 142 | Dixon | 4 | 1:592 | 18.18% | 1,328 |
| 142 | Butler | 4 | 1:592 | 2.16% | 224 |
| 142 | Payne | 4 | 1:592 | 1.39% | 125 |
| 142 | Stephens | 4 | 1:592 | 6.90% | 672 |
| 142 | Fry | 4 | 1:592 | 0.93% | 63 |
| 142 | McCarthy | 4 | 1:592 | 21.05% | 1,451 |
| 142 | Roe | 4 | 1:592 | 10.00% | 895 |
| 142 | Beer | 4 | 1:592 | 2.78% | 289 |
| 142 | Harman | 4 | 1:592 | 23.53% | 1,539 |
| 142 | Harry | 4 | 1:592 | 30.77% | 1,847 |
| 142 | Woodrow | 4 | 1:592 | 4.60% | 481 |
| 142 | Panton | 4 | 1:592 | 26.67% | 1,675 |
| 142 | Guppy | 4 | 1:592 | 1.78% | 179 |
| 142 | Keats | 4 | 1:592 | 3.05% | 311 |
| 142 | Shiner | 4 | 1:592 | 4.21% | 452 |
| 142 | Gotobed | 4 | 1:592 | 100.00% | 3,917 |
| 142 | Mullet | 4 | 1:592 | 33.33% | 1,933 |
| 142 | Beaves | 4 | 1:592 | 12.12% | 1,029 |
| 142 | Lewingdon | 4 | 1:592 | 100.00% | 3,917 |
| 142 | Redout | 4 | 1:592 | 33.33% | 1,933 |
| 142 | Mahagan | 4 | 1:592 | 100.00% | 3,917 |
| 142 | Jumeaux | 4 | 1:592 | 100.00% | 3,917 |
| 142 | Bassum | 4 | 1:592 | 100.00% | 3,917 |
| 142 | Magahan | 4 | 1:592 | 100.00% | 3,917 |
| 167 | Hill | 3 | 1:789 | 0.81% | 81 |
| 167 | Clarke | 3 | 1:789 | 0.76% | 70 |
| 167 | Cook | 3 | 1:789 | 0.79% | 77 |
| 167 | Ellis | 3 | 1:789 | 1.12% | 139 |
| 167 | Curtis | 3 | 1:789 | 0.59% | 44 |
| 167 | Walters | 3 | 1:789 | 7.89% | 927 |
| 167 | Steel | 3 | 1:789 | 2.40% | 324 |
| 167 | Crowther | 3 | 1:789 | 60.00% | 3,470 |
| 167 | Elliot | 3 | 1:789 | 5.77% | 746 |
| 167 | Joyce | 3 | 1:789 | 1.56% | 213 |
| 167 | Hoare | 3 | 1:789 | 0.94% | 111 |
| 167 | Legg | 3 | 1:789 | 0.27% | 5 |
| 167 | Squires | 3 | 1:789 | 4.35% | 586 |
| 167 | Paine | 3 | 1:789 | 4.48% | 598 |
| 167 | Millward | 3 | 1:789 | 37.50% | 2,498 |
| 167 | Crabb | 3 | 1:789 | 0.91% | 106 |
| 167 | Hussey | 3 | 1:789 | 1.01% | 122 |
| 167 | Crowley | 3 | 1:789 | 21.43% | 1,745 |
| 167 | Wingate | 3 | 1:789 | 21.43% | 1,745 |
| 167 | Essex | 3 | 1:789 | 37.50% | 2,498 |
| 167 | Gover | 3 | 1:789 | 2.70% | 380 |
| 167 | Luker | 3 | 1:789 | 21.43% | 1,745 |
| 167 | Musselwhite | 3 | 1:789 | 5.08% | 660 |
| 167 | Trish | 3 | 1:789 | 100.00% | 4,444 |
| 167 | Stockly | 3 | 1:789 | 42.86% | 2,754 |
| 167 | Lose | 3 | 1:789 | 100.00% | 4,444 |
| 167 | Tippell | 3 | 1:789 | 30.00% | 2,156 |
| 167 | Millish | 3 | 1:789 | 100.00% | 4,444 |
| 167 | Smedmore | 3 | 1:789 | 100.00% | 4,444 |
| 167 | Honebon | 3 | 1:789 | 42.86% | 2,754 |
| 167 | Tollyfield | 3 | 1:789 | 100.00% | 4,444 |
| 198 | Robinson | 2 | 1:1,184 | 2.02% | 427 |
| 198 | Thompson | 2 | 1:1,184 | 1.18% | 246 |
| 198 | Morris | 2 | 1:1,184 | 0.55% | 85 |
| 198 | Price | 2 | 1:1,184 | 7.69% | 1,203 |
| 198 | Dawson | 2 | 1:1,184 | 6.25% | 1,045 |
| 198 | Hunter | 2 | 1:1,184 | 5.88% | 1,007 |
| 198 | Ford | 2 | 1:1,184 | 0.55% | 86 |
| 198 | Atkins | 2 | 1:1,184 | 1.23% | 257 |
| 198 | Gibbons | 2 | 1:1,184 | 3.23% | 633 |
| 198 | Chalmers | 2 | 1:1,184 | 33.33% | 3,092 |
| 198 | Corbett | 2 | 1:1,184 | 22.22% | 2,313 |
| 198 | Edgar | 2 | 1:1,184 | 9.09% | 1,328 |
| 198 | Willson | 2 | 1:1,184 | 66.67% | 4,444 |
| 198 | Heathcote | 2 | 1:1,184 | 100.00% | 5,091 |
| 198 | Thurston | 2 | 1:1,184 | 18.18% | 2,038 |
| 198 | Lander | 2 | 1:1,184 | 3.70% | 716 |
| 198 | Spring | 2 | 1:1,184 | 100.00% | 5,091 |
| 198 | Galpin | 2 | 1:1,184 | 0.96% | 197 |
| 198 | Combs | 2 | 1:1,184 | 18.18% | 2,038 |
| 198 | Whitty | 2 | 1:1,184 | 3.57% | 695 |
| 198 | Hatchard | 2 | 1:1,184 | 3.57% | 695 |
| 198 | Trenchard | 2 | 1:1,184 | 7.41% | 1,174 |
| 198 | Arney | 2 | 1:1,184 | 22.22% | 2,313 |
| 198 | Mansel | 2 | 1:1,184 | 7.41% | 1,174 |
| 198 | Melmoth | 2 | 1:1,184 | 3.70% | 716 |
| 198 | Hixson | 2 | 1:1,184 | 100.00% | 5,091 |
| 198 | Prouten | 2 | 1:1,184 | 100.00% | 5,091 |
| 198 | Docwra | 2 | 1:1,184 | 100.00% | 5,091 |
| 198 | Mowlem | 2 | 1:1,184 | 8.70% | 1,283 |
| 198 | Melmouth | 2 | 1:1,184 | 100.00% | 5,091 |