Wareham Genealogical Records
Wareham 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.
Records of baptism for people born in and around Wareham between 1813 and 1906. Details include child's name, parents' names and date of birth and/or baptism. Records may also include parent's occupations, residence, place of origin and more.
Baptism registers record the baptism of those born in and around Wareham and were subsequently baptised in an Anglican place of worship. They are the primary source of birth details before 1837, though are useful to the present.
Baptism records from people born in and around Wareham between 1734 and 1837. Lists the name of people's parent's, their occupations and abode.
Baptism records from people born in and around Wareham between 1622 and 1812. Lists the name of people's parent's, their occupations and abode.
Wareham 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.
Marriage records from people who married at Wareham between 1813 and 1929. Lists an individual's abode, marital status and more.
Details on those who married at Wareham between 1700 and 1812. Information given usually includes abode and marital status. After April 1837 father's names and ages are recorded.
Details on those who married at Wareham between 1594 and 1837. Information given may include parents' names, ages, marital status, abode and more.
Marriage records from people who married at the church between 1823 and 1866.
Wareham 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 Wareham, detail the deceased's name, residence and age from 1813 to 1979. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Burial records for people buried at Wareham between 1700 and 1812. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Burial records for people buried at Lady St Mary, Wareham between 1602 and 1875. Lists the deceased's name, residence and age. Some records may contain the names of relations, cause of death and more.
Burial registers record burials that occurred at Holy Trinity, Wareham. They are the primary source documenting deaths before 1837, though are useful to the present. Details given may include the deceased's name, residence, age, names of relations, cause of death and more.
Wareham 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 Wareham
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.
Wareham 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.
Wareham 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.
Wareham 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.
Wareham 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.
Wareham 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.
Wareham 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.
Wareham 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.
Wareham 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.
Wareham 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.
Wareham 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.
Wareham 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.
Wareham 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 Wareham
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.
Wareham 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.
Wareham Church Records
Prior to civil registration in 1837, the parish registers of Wareham are the most common place to turn for details on births, marriages and deaths.
The parish registers of Wareham are a collection of books essentially documenting births, marriages and deaths. Their records can assist tracing a family as far back as 1587.
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.
Original images of parish registers, searchable by a name index, covering almost all Dorset parishes.
Biographical Directories Covering Wareham
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.
Wareham 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.
Wareham 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
WAREHAM is situated on a peninsula formed by the rivers Frome and Piddic, near their confluence with the waters of Poole Harbour, and is supposed to derive its name from Varaham, a habitation on a fishing-shore. The Romans had a station here, and Mr. Baxter and others imagine it to have been the Marino of Ravennas, and Richard of Cirencester.
The town is situated on a rising ground, declining gently to the south, and is ten miles from Poole. The soil about Wareham is a black-sand. The form of the town is very regular, almost a long square; the streets intersecting one another at right angles, particularly the four principal ones, which divide the town, into regular quartets. The area of the town, within the walls, is computed at about 100 acres, containing a population of 1,079 inhabitants.
Wareham was anciently a borough by prescription, and it possessed a charter from Queen Elizabeth, investing the government of the town in a mayor, six burgesses, and other corporate officers. The mayor is coroner of the town, and the isles of Purbeck and Brownsea. The charter under which the present corporation was constituted, was obtained from Queen Anne in 1708. The ancient records of the town are lost. The representatives in Parliament are elected by the mayor and corporation, the inhabitants who pay scot and lot, and the freeholders; the number of voters about 150.
Wareham was once a very large and populous town, though, in consequence of frequent ravages by fire, devastations by wars, and the retreat of the sea from its port, now an inconsiderable place. In Edward the Confessor's time, it had two mints; and William the Conqueror added to its importance by building a strong castle, of which, however, there is nothing to point out the site, except the name of Castle-Close, a spot which is now a deal-yard, on the south side of the town. Traces of other fortifications may be seen in several places.
Near St. Mary's Church, there are some remains of a Priory (now converted into a dwelling and malt-house,) which was one of the most ancient religious establishments in the county, and is said to have been founded by Sr. Adhelm, Bishop of Sherborne, about the year 709. There are two churches besides St. Mary's; but divine service has been discontinued in them, and they are going fast to decay. The latter is a spacious handsome fabri with an embattled tower.
Near the town, in a close now called Castle Close, there was formerly a castle (of which nothing now remains) remarkable for the imprisonment and horrid death of Robert de Belesme, Earl of Montgomery, who being doomed to close confinement in this castle, for rebellion against Henry the First in 1114, he starved himself to death.
The Free-School at Wareham is endowed with twenty-five pounds per annum for a master, there is also 10l. per annum for a person to teach the poor children of Wareham the English tongue: and an Almshouse for the maintenance of eleven poor people.
The Quay is on the south side of the town, and is very commodious; but the trade is now inconsiderable. The chief article of exportation is pipeclay, of which 10,000 tons are annually shipped off to London, Hull, Liverpool, Glasgow, and for the supply of various potteries.
WAREHAM is a municipal borough with a station on the London and South Western railway, 125 miles from London, 17 south-east from Dorchester, 4 north-west from Corfe Castle, 8 south-west from Poole, and 6 south from Bere Regis, it is the head of a union, county court district and petty sessional division, in the Eastern division of the county, hundred of Winfrith, Whitchurch rural deanery (Poole portion), archdeaconry of Dorset and diocese of Salisbury. The town is situated between the rivers Piddle and Frome, occupying a rising ground, near their outfall into Poole Harbour, and consists of four spacious and open streets, intersecting each other at right angles, its area being nearly inclosed by high artificial ramparts of earth, and covering about 100 acres; these ramparts are of remote antiquity, supposed to be of British origin, and now form a healthful recreation ground for the inhabitants. Wareham was a Roman settlement, as was Stoborough, and figures largely in history from the time of Canute to that of the Commonwealth. The space between the embankments and the present inhabited part has been converted into gardens, which are let by the lord of the manor at moderate rents. There is a substantial stone bridge of six arches crossing the Frome from South street, and connecting the county with the Isle of Purbeck, which was rebuilt about the year 1777. There is a salmon fishery in this river, but from the system of taking the fish out of season, on their ascending the river to spawn, it was nearly destroyed, but now under more stringent regulations has considerably revived; the tides flow as high as Holme Bridge, 3 miles above the town. In 1762 the town, with the exception of three churches now standing, was entirely consumed by fire. It is a borough by prescription, and possesses several charters, under one of which, granted by Queen Anne in 1703, the government of the town was vested in a mayor, recorder, and six capital, and 12 assistant burgesses, with a town clerk, and other officers, but under the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1883 (46 & 47 Viet. c. 18) a new charter was issued, July 16, 1886, and the corporation now consists of a mayor, four aldermen and 12 councillors, who also act as the Urban Sanitary Authority. The borough returned two members to Parliament from the reign of Edward I. until the passing of the “Reform Act, 1832” (2 & 3 Wm. IV. c. 45), which reduced the representation to one only, and under the provisions of the “Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885” (48 & 49 Viet. c. 23) it was merged in the Eastern division of the county. There is an ancient court of record here, which has fallen into disuse, and is superseded by the county court.
The town is lighted with gas by a company.
This town contains three parishes:-Holy Trinity within, Lady St. Mary within and St. Martin's within. The churches of Holy Trinity and St. Martin are both standing, but neither of them are used for public worship; the latter, now covered with ivy and forming a very picturesque object in North street, is only used for the burials of the members of one or two families. There are some traces of other parochial churches having existed in former times, called St. Michael, St. Peter and St. John, but the parishes have been consolidated with the others, and the only evidence of their existence is the name in the King’s Books, which subjects the rector to a charge for first-fruits, tenths and land-tax.
The church of St. Mary is very ancient; it consists of chancel, nave, aisles, with chapel, western porch and an embattled western tower, containing 8 bells, with vestry; the chapel in the south aisle is said to be the burial place of the Anglo-Saxon kings, and in it reposed for three years the remains of Edward the Martyr, who was murdered at Corfe Castle by Elfrida; his bones were then removed with much pomp and ceremony by St. Dunstan and a numerous train of monks, to Shaftesbury; the nave of the church was rebuilt in 1841-42, and re-opened for public worship, Sept. 29th, 1842; the chancel contains a beautiful window, of the date of Henry VII. and the tower is a very handsome Gothic structure; near the west entrance is a font of the 11th century, it is of lead, hexagonal in form, mounted on a solid base of Purbeck marble, and on the sides are carved figures, representing the Twelve Apostles in high relief; in digging for the new foundation of the nave, a fine sarcophagus, of Purbeck marble, was discovered, supposed to have been the receptacle for the body of Edward the Martyr; a slight groove surrounding the cist would imply that a metallic lid covered the remains on their being deposited, and which was doubtless removed by Dunstan ; many singular inscriptions, on old stones, built in with the former structure, were also discovered; these, it is deeply regretted were wantonly destroyed or built into the walls of the nave; a few of the above have been restored; from a small portion of the old structure still remaining, and which has been converted into a vestry-room, it would appear as if the old building was highly ornamented, and leaves the archaeologist to regret that so nondescript an object as the new nave should have superseded the more artistic erection of the olden time; there is a monument to the Rev. John Hutchins, author of the “History of Dorset,” who was formerly rector here, and is buried in the chapel formerly used for the burial of the Anglo-Saxon kings. The church was restored in 1882 from designs by Coulson and Son, of Winchester; the nave was reseated and the western gallery removed; the church was re-paved with Poole tiles and gas fittings introduced, the total expenditure was about £2,000; in 1893-4, the chancel was rebuilt, at the cost of Mrs. Rodgett of Sandford house; the organs, also the gift of Mrs. Rodgett, has lately been removed to an organ chamber, built at the sole expense of James B. Dugdale esq. J.P.; the church will now seat 1,000 persons. The register dates from the year 1762. The living consists of the rectories of Holy Trinity, St. Martin and St. Mary, with the perpetual curacy of Arne annexed, average tithe rent-charge £375, joint gross yearly value £509, net £257, with 10 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of W. M. Calcraft esq. and held since 1888 by the Rev. Selwyn Blackett, chaplain to Wareham union and surrogate. A Catholic church, dedicated to St. Michael, at Westport, was erected in 1889; it is of Purbeck stone with Doulton dressings, in the Early English style, and consists of chancel and nave, and will seat about 200 persons. There are three chapels, viz. Congregational, in Chapel lane, seating 460; Wesleyan, North street, seating 250; and Unitarian, South street, seating 250.
A cemetery of about one acre, adjoining the church of St. Mary, was formed in 1882 at a cost of about £200, it contains one mortuary chapel and is under the control of a Burial Board of 9 members.
The Town Hall and Corn Exchange, in the Market place, is a Gothic building of red brick, with stone dressings, having tower and clock; it is used not only by the corporation, but for other public meetings of the town and neighbourhood, and the sittings of the petty sessions of the borough and county justices; it contains a public reading room.
The head quarters of B Company 1st Volunteer Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, are in South street.
This town has long been noted for its extensive trade in potters’, fire, pipe, tile and other kinds of clay, some thousands of tons of which are annually sent to Staffordshire, America, Stockholm, Belgium, France and other parts; the railway, laid down from the pits by the late Mr. W. J. Pike, with a gradual incline to the mouth of the river Frome, conveys the clay at a very trifling cost; there is also an extensive brewery belonging to Messrs. Panton & Co. and there are brick and clay works at Sandford. The market day is Tuesday. There are two fairs, held on the Tuesday nearest the 17th April and 11th Sept. both for cattle, which are generally well attended; there are also five cattle markets, commencing about 14th February, and continuing every fortnight.
There is an almshouse for six men and five women, endowed by John Strech esq. and rebuilt in 1741 by Henry Drax and John Pitt esqrs. : each of the eleven alms people receive seven shillings weekly, besides a new gown or cloak, beef and coals at Christmas: this income is continually augmented from the increasing value of the estate. There are also charitable bequests, amounting to £75 yearly, arising from Consols and land left in 1828 by Stephen Bird and others, divided annually in small sums to about 200 persons.
The Priory of SS. Mary, Peter and Ethelwold, founded by the Earl of Leicester, in the reign of Henry I. as a cell of St. Benoit-sur-Leyr, near this church is still standing: it was originally founded by St. Aldhelm, who died A. D. 709; in the year 1880 a double piscina, octagonal in form and of Purbeck marble, was discovered in the wall on the south side of the chancel.
Sandtford, the residence of Mrs. Rodgett, about 2 miles north-east, is a very elegant mansion, in the Elizabethan Style, built of white brick of the neighbourhood with stone dressings: it occupies an elevated site overlooking Poole Harbour and Brownsea Island, and is well sheltered by fir plantations.
St. Martin’s House, the residence of Freeland Filliter esq. is in North street.
The principal landowners are W. M. Calcraft esq. of Rempstone Hall, who owns the manor, the Earl of Eldon, Mrs. Erle-Drax, D. Sturdy esq. E. Sturdy esq. and Mrs. Rodigett, of Sandford.
The areas, rateable values and populations of the parishes are as follows:
| Acres | Rateable value | Pop. 1891 |
|---|---|---|
| Holy Trinity, 2,609 of land & 141 of foreshore | £2,471 | 796 |
| Lady St. Mary, 2,626 of land & 24 of water | 4,632 | 1,668 |
| St. Martin, 2,903 of land & 1,099 of foreshore | 3,651 | 623 |
The area of the municipal borough is 251 acres; the population in 1891 was:-Holy Trinity (part of), 267; Lady St. Mary (part of), 1,513 ; St. Martin (part of), 361.
Swineham, 1 mile east-by-north, and North and South Bestwell, were, by Local Government Board Order, transferred from East Stoke to St. Martin parish in 1888, and at the same date North and South Trigon were transferred from St. Martin to Lady St. Mary.
Stoborough Liberty, in Holy Trinity parish, is on the south of the Frome, over which is a substantial stone bridge to Wareham.
Petty Sessions are held at the Town Hall every alternate Tuesday at 12 noon. The following places are included in the Petty Sessional division :-Afflington, Affpuddle, Arne, including Holy Trinity (out) (Wareham), Bere Regis, Blatchenwell, Bloxworth, East Bradle, Briantspuddle, East Burton, East Chaldon, Chaldon Herring, Church, Knowle, Coombe Keynes, Corfe Castle, Creech East, Creech Grange, Earlsmead & Haymoor, Eggleston, Encombe, Herstone & Langton Matravers, East Holme, West Holme, Holworth, Hyde, Kimmeridge, Kingshold, Kingston, Kingston Winterborne, Lady St. Mary (Wareham), Langton Wallis, Longcotts, East Lulworth, West Lulworth, East Morden, West Morden, Moreton, Ower, Povington, Rempstone, Rollington, St. Martin (Wareham), Shitterton, Steeple, Stoborough, East Stoke, Studland, Swanage, Tonerspuddle, Tyneham, Whitecliff, Winfrith Newburgh, Wool, Worgrett & Worth Matravers.
Places of Worship, with times of services
St. Mary’s Church, Rev. Selwyn Blackett, rector; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.
Catholic (St. Michael), Westport, Rev. Placid Wareing, superior.
Congregational, Chapel lane, Rev. William Densham, 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.
Wesleyan, Nortlh street, Rev. Amos Cleaver; 10.50 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.15 p.m.
Unitarian, South street, served from Poole, 6.30 p.m.
Schools
A School Board of 5 members was formed Feb. 20, 1873 ; Edward Seymer Clark, West street, clerk to the board ; John Bridle, North street, attendance officer.
Board Schools, West street, for 355 children; average attendance, 250.
National, St. Martin’s lane, built in 1885, for 400 children; average attendance, 210.
National, Stoborough, built in 1875, for 100 children ; average attendance, 80.
National, Sandford, built about 1875, for 100 children; average attendance, 75.
A new infant school was added in 1892, for 60 children.
Most Common Surnames in Wareham
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Winfrith Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White | 60 | 1:51 | 3.10% | 1 |
| 2 | Best | 56 | 1:55 | 19.51% | 126 |
| 3 | Randall | 39 | 1:78 | 10.96% | 89 |
| 4 | Miller | 34 | 1:90 | 4.09% | 8 |
| 5 | Marsh | 33 | 1:93 | 4.91% | 22 |
| 5 | Samways | 33 | 1:93 | 6.26% | 40 |
| 7 | Smith | 32 | 1:95 | 2.07% | 2 |
| 7 | Lillington | 32 | 1:95 | 33.33% | 444 |
| 9 | Gover | 31 | 1:98 | 27.93% | 380 |
| 10 | Churchill | 30 | 1:102 | 6.13% | 48 |
| 11 | Cox | 28 | 1:109 | 3.04% | 7 |
| 11 | Selby | 28 | 1:109 | 19.18% | 284 |
| 11 | Bridle | 28 | 1:109 | 8.16% | 97 |
| 11 | Stockley | 28 | 1:109 | 13.08% | 192 |
| 15 | Brown | 27 | 1:113 | 1.79% | 3 |
| 16 | Parker | 25 | 1:122 | 6.94% | 87 |
| 16 | Whittle | 25 | 1:122 | 7.76% | 108 |
| 16 | Hibbs | 25 | 1:122 | 12.69% | 205 |
| 19 | Collins | 24 | 1:127 | 4.58% | 43 |
| 19 | Guy | 24 | 1:127 | 7.02% | 99 |
| 19 | Crumpler | 24 | 1:127 | 25.00% | 444 |
| 22 | Heath | 23 | 1:133 | 47.92% | 787 |
| 22 | Hooper | 23 | 1:133 | 9.47% | 163 |
| 22 | Fancey | 23 | 1:133 | 74.19% | 1,064 |
| 25 | Howe | 22 | 1:139 | 15.94% | 299 |
| 26 | Cooper | 20 | 1:153 | 6.99% | 128 |
| 26 | Bartlett | 20 | 1:153 | 1.58% | 4 |
| 26 | Bacon | 20 | 1:153 | 48.78% | 882 |
| 26 | Hordle | 20 | 1:153 | 36.36% | 707 |
| 30 | Bennett | 19 | 1:161 | 4.20% | 55 |
| 31 | Burgess | 18 | 1:170 | 9.78% | 229 |
| 31 | Norris | 18 | 1:170 | 12.24% | 279 |
| 31 | Hobbs | 18 | 1:170 | 11.76% | 270 |
| 31 | Stickland | 18 | 1:170 | 3.42% | 40 |
| 31 | Cake | 18 | 1:170 | 10.47% | 243 |
| 36 | Drake | 17 | 1:180 | 4.84% | 92 |
| 36 | Hodge | 17 | 1:180 | 51.52% | 1,029 |
| 36 | Dunning | 17 | 1:180 | 14.05% | 336 |
| 36 | Elmes | 17 | 1:180 | 28.33% | 649 |
| 40 | Richards | 16 | 1:191 | 4.49% | 89 |
| 40 | Barnes | 16 | 1:191 | 2.31% | 18 |
| 40 | Orchard | 16 | 1:191 | 6.96% | 173 |
| 40 | Toop | 16 | 1:191 | 8.21% | 206 |
| 40 | Meaden | 16 | 1:191 | 16.67% | 444 |
| 45 | Green | 15 | 1:204 | 2.19% | 20 |
| 45 | Baker | 15 | 1:204 | 2.11% | 16 |
| 45 | James | 15 | 1:204 | 2.81% | 39 |
| 45 | Sansom | 15 | 1:204 | 4.32% | 95 |
| 45 | Fudge | 15 | 1:204 | 6.91% | 187 |
| 50 | Davis | 14 | 1:218 | 1.71% | 9 |
| 50 | Lucas | 14 | 1:218 | 4.47% | 114 |
| 50 | Dugdale | 14 | 1:218 | 36.84% | 927 |
| 50 | Diffey | 14 | 1:218 | 13.73% | 416 |
| 50 | Parmiter | 14 | 1:218 | 51.85% | 1,174 |
| 55 | Hardy | 13 | 1:235 | 3.56% | 84 |
| 55 | Wills | 13 | 1:235 | 3.02% | 62 |
| 55 | Baskett | 13 | 1:235 | 41.94% | 1,064 |
| 55 | Tollerfield | 13 | 1:235 | 50.00% | 1,203 |
| 59 | Cole | 12 | 1:254 | 3.08% | 73 |
| 59 | Lane | 12 | 1:254 | 2.23% | 38 |
| 59 | Vincent | 12 | 1:254 | 3.08% | 72 |
| 59 | Hood | 12 | 1:254 | 16.90% | 575 |
| 59 | Crocombe | 12 | 1:254 | 66.67% | 1,491 |
| 59 | Marshallsay | 12 | 1:254 | 11.32% | 400 |
| 59 | Harvell | 12 | 1:254 | 32.43% | 943 |
| 66 | Grant | 11 | 1:278 | 4.87% | 177 |
| 66 | Summers | 11 | 1:278 | 7.86% | 297 |
| 66 | Ridout | 11 | 1:278 | 2.55% | 61 |
| 66 | Bussey | 11 | 1:278 | 91.67% | 1,933 |
| 66 | Woolfries | 11 | 1:278 | 25.58% | 850 |
| 71 | Thompson | 10 | 1:305 | 5.92% | 246 |
| 71 | Andrews | 10 | 1:305 | 1.50% | 23 |
| 71 | Shepherd | 10 | 1:305 | 6.62% | 274 |
| 71 | Curtis | 10 | 1:305 | 1.96% | 44 |
| 71 | Welsh | 10 | 1:305 | 17.54% | 684 |
| 71 | Fry | 10 | 1:305 | 2.34% | 63 |
| 71 | Prince | 10 | 1:305 | 11.63% | 487 |
| 71 | Nicholas | 10 | 1:305 | 47.62% | 1,363 |
| 71 | Edmonds | 10 | 1:305 | 9.26% | 390 |
| 71 | Spicer | 10 | 1:305 | 4.65% | 191 |
| 71 | Edmunds | 10 | 1:305 | 9.09% | 383 |
| 71 | Tuck | 10 | 1:305 | 4.90% | 201 |
| 71 | Baggs | 10 | 1:305 | 9.62% | 407 |
| 71 | Fooks | 10 | 1:305 | 5.46% | 230 |
| 71 | Wellstead | 10 | 1:305 | 7.81% | 319 |
| 71 | Basket | 10 | 1:305 | 55.56% | 1,491 |
| 87 | Jones | 9 | 1:339 | 2.96% | 120 |
| 87 | Harris | 9 | 1:339 | 1.11% | 10 |
| 87 | Stone | 9 | 1:339 | 0.83% | 6 |
| 87 | Warren | 9 | 1:339 | 1.57% | 32 |
| 87 | Skinner | 9 | 1:339 | 7.44% | 336 |
| 87 | Short | 9 | 1:339 | 2.62% | 97 |
| 87 | Simmonds | 9 | 1:339 | 7.63% | 352 |
| 87 | Joyce | 9 | 1:339 | 4.69% | 213 |
| 87 | Mortimer | 9 | 1:339 | 24.32% | 943 |
| 87 | Bowles | 9 | 1:339 | 8.41% | 396 |
| 87 | Beer | 9 | 1:339 | 6.25% | 289 |
| 87 | Thorn | 9 | 1:339 | 10.11% | 472 |
| 87 | Symonds | 9 | 1:339 | 5.08% | 235 |
| 87 | Laws | 9 | 1:339 | 14.06% | 615 |
| 87 | Cann | 9 | 1:339 | 36.00% | 1,229 |
| 87 | Dorey | 9 | 1:339 | 5.11% | 236 |
| 87 | Marshman | 9 | 1:339 | 90.00% | 2,156 |
| 87 | Welstead | 9 | 1:339 | 14.52% | 633 |
| 87 | Lumber | 9 | 1:339 | 100.00% | 2,313 |
| 87 | Standfield | 9 | 1:339 | 13.24% | 591 |
| 87 | Runyard | 9 | 1:339 | 16.98% | 727 |
| 87 | Filliter | 9 | 1:339 | 100.00% | 2,313 |
| 87 | Sermeck | 9 | 1:339 | 100.00% | 2,313 |
| 110 | Foster | 8 | 1:382 | 3.77% | 194 |
| 110 | Day | 8 | 1:382 | 3.16% | 152 |
| 110 | Bishop | 8 | 1:382 | 1.32% | 29 |
| 110 | Poole | 8 | 1:382 | 6.61% | 336 |
| 110 | Pollard | 8 | 1:382 | 17.02% | 801 |
| 110 | Garrett | 8 | 1:382 | 5.63% | 295 |
| 110 | Legg | 8 | 1:382 | 0.73% | 5 |
| 110 | Ballard | 8 | 1:382 | 18.60% | 850 |
| 110 | Wiltshire | 8 | 1:382 | 22.86% | 981 |
| 110 | Hallett | 8 | 1:382 | 1.33% | 30 |
| 110 | Goodchild | 8 | 1:382 | 19.05% | 866 |
| 110 | Frampton | 8 | 1:382 | 1.52% | 42 |
| 110 | Baily | 8 | 1:382 | 26.67% | 1,093 |
| 110 | Newbury | 8 | 1:382 | 14.04% | 684 |
| 110 | McEy | 8 | 1:382 | 9.41% | 494 |
| 110 | Tubb | 8 | 1:382 | 40.00% | 1,402 |
| 110 | Lush | 8 | 1:382 | 4.00% | 203 |
| 110 | Billett | 8 | 1:382 | 11.11% | 565 |
| 110 | Wiffen | 8 | 1:382 | 30.77% | 1,203 |
| 110 | Roles | 8 | 1:382 | 15.09% | 727 |
| 110 | Brinton | 8 | 1:382 | 40.00% | 1,402 |
| 110 | Tatchell | 8 | 1:382 | 11.11% | 565 |
| 110 | Fancy | 8 | 1:382 | 7.48% | 396 |
| 110 | Furmage | 8 | 1:382 | 25.81% | 1,064 |
| 110 | Minchington | 8 | 1:382 | 72.73% | 2,038 |
| 135 | Taylor | 7 | 1:436 | 0.98% | 15 |
| 135 | Clark | 7 | 1:436 | 1.60% | 57 |
| 135 | Powell | 7 | 1:436 | 2.82% | 157 |
| 135 | Butler | 7 | 1:436 | 3.78% | 224 |
| 135 | Gould | 7 | 1:436 | 2.18% | 109 |
| 135 | Hutchings | 7 | 1:436 | 2.86% | 161 |
| 135 | Cobb | 7 | 1:436 | 2.41% | 123 |
| 135 | Shelton | 7 | 1:436 | 77.78% | 2,313 |
| 135 | Strange | 7 | 1:436 | 4.61% | 272 |
| 135 | Penney | 7 | 1:436 | 8.97% | 533 |
| 135 | Longman | 7 | 1:436 | 4.38% | 260 |
| 135 | Joiner | 7 | 1:436 | 6.42% | 385 |
| 135 | Panton | 7 | 1:436 | 46.67% | 1,675 |
| 135 | Keates | 7 | 1:436 | 38.89% | 1,491 |
| 135 | Manuel | 7 | 1:436 | 6.25% | 377 |
| 135 | Northover | 7 | 1:436 | 2.08% | 101 |
| 135 | Yearsley | 7 | 1:436 | 41.18% | 1,539 |
| 135 | Lance | 7 | 1:436 | 33.33% | 1,363 |
| 135 | Staple | 7 | 1:436 | 9.59% | 560 |
| 135 | Beacon | 7 | 1:436 | 100.00% | 2,754 |
| 135 | Brixey | 7 | 1:436 | 21.88% | 1,045 |
| 135 | Nineham | 7 | 1:436 | 14.89% | 801 |
| 135 | Kerly | 7 | 1:436 | 53.85% | 1,847 |
| 135 | Croombes | 7 | 1:436 | 70.00% | 2,156 |
| 135 | Snafield | 7 | 1:436 | 100.00% | 2,754 |
| 160 | Roberts | 6 | 1:509 | 0.98% | 28 |
| 160 | Phillips | 6 | 1:509 | 1.31% | 53 |
| 160 | Saunders | 6 | 1:509 | 1.25% | 51 |
| 160 | Watts | 6 | 1:509 | 1.18% | 45 |
| 160 | Morton | 6 | 1:509 | 50.00% | 1,933 |
| 160 | Willis | 6 | 1:509 | 2.70% | 183 |
| 160 | Hayward | 6 | 1:509 | 1.92% | 114 |
| 160 | Head | 6 | 1:509 | 6.90% | 481 |
| 160 | Seymour | 6 | 1:509 | 4.96% | 336 |
| 160 | Durrant | 6 | 1:509 | 3.11% | 209 |
| 160 | Hopper | 6 | 1:509 | 66.67% | 2,313 |
| 160 | House | 6 | 1:509 | 1.05% | 33 |
| 160 | Burden | 6 | 1:509 | 1.30% | 52 |
| 160 | Tasker | 6 | 1:509 | 46.15% | 1,847 |
| 160 | Salisbury | 6 | 1:509 | 6.59% | 465 |
| 160 | Gillard | 6 | 1:509 | 4.84% | 328 |
| 160 | Knapp | 6 | 1:509 | 33.33% | 1,491 |
| 160 | Broomfield | 6 | 1:509 | 22.22% | 1,174 |
| 160 | Lugg | 6 | 1:509 | 12.50% | 787 |
| 160 | Dibben | 6 | 1:509 | 3.28% | 230 |
| 160 | Wakely | 6 | 1:509 | 6.00% | 422 |
| 160 | Mussell | 6 | 1:509 | 26.09% | 1,283 |
| 160 | Densham | 6 | 1:509 | 100.00% | 3,092 |
| 160 | Cleall | 6 | 1:509 | 3.95% | 272 |
| 160 | Vye | 6 | 1:509 | 7.59% | 524 |
| 160 | Upshall | 6 | 1:509 | 4.38% | 302 |
| 160 | Kenway | 6 | 1:509 | 10.34% | 672 |
| 160 | Haysom | 6 | 1:509 | 15.79% | 927 |
| 160 | Doming | 6 | 1:509 | 100.00% | 3,092 |
| 160 | Kitcatt | 6 | 1:509 | 28.57% | 1,363 |
| 160 | Sinnick | 6 | 1:509 | 30.00% | 1,402 |
| 191 | Ellis | 5 | 1:611 | 1.87% | 139 |
| 191 | Stevens | 5 | 1:611 | 1.20% | 65 |
| 191 | Brooks | 5 | 1:611 | 4.35% | 368 |
| 191 | Abbott | 5 | 1:611 | 1.67% | 121 |
| 191 | Hurst | 5 | 1:611 | 6.58% | 545 |
| 191 | Doyle | 5 | 1:611 | 31.25% | 1,616 |
| 191 | Robbins | 5 | 1:611 | 4.63% | 390 |
| 191 | Speed | 5 | 1:611 | 38.46% | 1,847 |
| 191 | Pitcher | 5 | 1:611 | 2.15% | 168 |
| 191 | Hodder | 5 | 1:611 | 1.64% | 119 |
| 191 | Gillingham | 5 | 1:611 | 1.36% | 81 |
| 191 | Dicker | 5 | 1:611 | 6.76% | 555 |
| 191 | Elms | 5 | 1:611 | 62.50% | 2,498 |
| 191 | Scutt | 5 | 1:611 | 5.15% | 437 |
| 191 | Galpin | 5 | 1:611 | 2.39% | 197 |
| 191 | Pridham | 5 | 1:611 | 71.43% | 2,754 |
| 191 | Chalker | 5 | 1:611 | 6.02% | 504 |
| 191 | Ralls | 5 | 1:611 | 22.73% | 1,328 |
| 191 | Woolfrey | 5 | 1:611 | 12.82% | 905 |
| 191 | Mussel | 5 | 1:611 | 35.71% | 1,745 |
| 191 | Marshalsay | 5 | 1:611 | 23.81% | 1,363 |
| 191 | Slurmey | 5 | 1:611 | 100.00% | 3,470 |