Transcribed from the Parish Registers and donated to the Dorset OPC Project by Jan Hibberd
This page contains selected years only. These are the missing years in the existing transcription of the Bishops Transcripts
The Parish Register is difficult to read in places, so readers are invited to use this transcript as a guide only and to consult the original at the Dorset History Centre.
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Year
Date
Christian Name(s)
Parents' Names
SURNAME
Abode
Occupation
Notes
47
370
1838
21 Jan
John Spinney
son of
George & Jane
DOMONEY
Durweston
Labourer
47
371
1838
28 Jan
William
son of
John & Mary
BALL
Durweston
Labourer
47
372
1838
22 Feb
Alfred
son of
George & Charlotte
GRAY
Durweston
Labourer
47
373
1838
09 Apr
George Henry
son of
Maria
CROSS
Durweston
Bastard child
47
374
1838
10 May
Mary Jane
dau of
Henry & Anne
GODWIN
Durweston
Brewer
47
375
1838
10 May
Catharine Ann
dau of
Richard & Caroline
GODWIN
France Farm
Yeoman
47
376
1838
13 May
Charles
son of
George & Elizabeth
FRY
Durweston
Labourer
48
377
1838
03 Jun
Anne
dau of
John & Sophia
HARVEY
Durweston
Labourer
48
378
1838
10 Jun
Sarah Anne
dau of
David & Elizabeth
KAILE
Durweston
Shoemaker
48
379
1838
01 Jul
Joseph Best
son of
Edward & Hester
HEYWARD
Durweston
Labourer
48
380
1838
29 Jul
Charlotte
dau of
Thomas & Anne
BROWN
Durweston
Labourer
48
381
1838
16 Aug
Maximillan
son of
Sarah
EASTER
Durweston
Bastard child
48
382
1838
08 Sep
Emily
dau of
John & Marianne
KEARLY
Durweston
Labourer
48
383
1838
16 Sep
Richard
son of
William & Ellen
HARVEY
Durweston
Labourer
48
384
1838
04 Nov
Eliza
dau of
James & Anne
BROWN
Durweston
Labourer
49
385
1838
18 Nov
Samuel
son of
Samuel & Harriet
CROSS
Durweston
Carpenter
49
386
1838
02 Dec
John Henry
son of
Thomas & Elizabeth
MELMOTH
Durweston
Labourer
49
387
1838
09 Dec
George
son of
Samuel & Mary
BROWN
Durweston
Labourer
49
388
1839
13 Jan
Rose Hannah
dau of
Henry & Jane
BARTLETT
Durweston
Labourer
49
389
1839
03 Mar
Walter
son of
John & Mary
KEARLY
Durweston
Parish Clerk
49
390
1839
24 Mar
George William
son of
George & Eliza
MELMOTH
Durweston
Blacksmith
49
391
1839
31 Mar
Elizabeth
dau of
Joseph & Jane
JEANS
Durweston
Labourer
49
392
1839
01 May
Henry
son of
Joseph & Sarah
RAPSTOR
Durweston
Butcher
50
393
1839
19 May
George
son of
James & Mary
RUSSELL
Durweston
Carpenter
50
394
1839
29 May
John Hawkins
son of
John & Rosanna
GODWIN
Durweston
Yeoman
50
395
1839
21 Jun
Harriet
dau of
Jane
HERVEY
Durweston
Natural daughter
50
396
1839
30 Jun
Jane
dau of
Dinah
WEDMORE
Durweston
Natural daughter
50
397
1839
07 Jul
Charlotte
dau of
David & Susannah
BEST
Durweston
Labourer
50
398
1839
21 Jul
Elizabeth
dau of
George & Elizabeth
FRY
Durweston
Labourer
50
399
1839
08 Sep
Elizabeth Jane
dau of
Joseph & Jane
LODER
Durweston
Cooper
50
400
1839
15 Sep
Samson Bartlett
son of
William & Mary
FREKE
Durweston
Labourer
51
401
1839
16 Nov
Ellen
dau of
Samuel & Jane
KERLEY
Durweston
School master
51
402
1839
17 Nov
Eliza
dau of
Robert & Jane
MITCHEL
Durweston
Labourer
51
403
1839
06 Nov
Sarah
dau of
Jonathan & Ann
COLLIS
Durweston
Labourer
omitted in the proper place
51
404
1839
22 Dec
Mary Jane
dau of
Edward & Hester
HAYWARD
Durweston
Labourer
51
405
1839
25 Dec
Elizabeth Jane
dau of
Samuel & Jane
DURNFORD
Blandford
Labourer
51
406
1839
30 Dec
Samson
son of
Thomas & Anne
BROWN
Durweston
Labourer
51
407
1840
07 Jan
Joseph
son of
Richard & Elizabeth
CROSS
Durweston
Labourer
51
408
1840
08 Feb
Jeanette Amelia
dau of
Benjamin & Isabella
BEST
Durweston
Labourer
52
409
1840
16 Feb
Joseph
son of
George & Eliza
KERLEY
Durweston
Dairyman
52
410
1840
15 Mar
James Robert
son of
Eliza
MELMOTH
Durweston
bastard child
52
411
1840
23 Mar
John Edward
son of
James & Mary
READ
Durweston
Labourer
52
412
1840
05 Apr
Alfred
son of
John & Sophia
HARVEY
Durweston
Labourer
52
413
1840
24 May
Augusta
dau of
William & Elizabeth
CROSS
Durweston
Labourer
52
414
1840
29 Jun
Christopher
son of
William & Ellen
HARVEY
Durweston
Labourer
52
415
1840
13 Sep
Eleanor
dau of
John & Mary
BALL
Durweston
Labourer
52
416
1840
29 Nov
Hannah Jane
dau of
Jane
HARVEY
Durweston
bastard child
53
417
1841
06 Jan
Mary Anne
dau of
Charles & Susanna
BALL
Durweston
Labourer
53
418
1841
15 Jan
George Stephen
son of
Stephen & Mary Anne
ELFORD
Durweston
Labourer
53
419
1841
26 Feb
Mary
dau of
David & Elizabeth
KAIL
Durweston
Shoemaker
53
420
1841
23 Mar
Nicholas Keynes
son of
George & Eliza
MELMOTH
Durweston
Blacksmith
53
421
1841
09 Apr
Lydia
dau of
John & Susanna
DAMON
Durweston
Labourer
53
422
1841
11 Apr
Edmund
son of
William & Mary
FREKE
Durweston
Labourer
53
423
1841
23 Jun
Isaac
son of
Samuel & Mary
BROWN
Durweston
Labourer
53
424
1841
27 Jun
Jemima
dau of
John & Mary
KERLEY
Durweston
Parish clerk
54
425
1841
11 Jul
Lavinia
dau of
Silas & Jane
UPWARD
Durweston
Labourer
54
426
1841
18 Jul
Joseph
son of
Robert & Jane
MITCHEL
Durweston
Labourer
54
427
1841
25 Jul
Mary
dau of
Samuel & Harriet
CROSS
Durweston
Carpenter
54
428
1841
11 Sep
John Henry
son of
James & Mary
RUSSELL
Durweston
Carpenter
54
429
1841
08 Sep
John Henry
son of
Elizabeth
MELMOTH
Durweston
Baseborn child. Out of sequence
54
430
1841
18 Oct
Lydia
dau of
Samuel & Jane
BEST
Durweston
Labourer
54
431
1841
09 Dec
Martha
dau of
Richard & Elizabeth
CROSS
Durweston
Labourer
54
432
1841
10 Dec
Mary Jane
dau of
George & Elizabeth
FRY
Durweston
Labourer
55
433
1842
17 Feb
Mary Anne
dau of
Joseph & Sarah
RAPSON
Durweston
Butcher
55
434
1842
28 Feb
Mary Emma
dau of
Henry & Ann
GODWIN
Durweston
Brewer
55
435
1842
10 Mar
Simeon
son of
John & Sophia
HARVEY
Durweston
Labourer
55
436
1842
31 Mar
George Kiddle
son of
Samuel & Jane
KERLEY
Durweston
School master
55
437
1842
21 Apr
Sarah
dau of
Edward & Hester
HAYWARD
Durweston
Labourer
55
438
1842
22 Apr
Henry
son of
William & Ellen
HARVEY
Durweston
Labourer
55
439
1842
22 Apr
Jane Jeans
dau of
Samuel & Jane
DUNFORD
Blandford
Labourer
55
440
1842
22 Apr
Emma Elizabeth
dau of
Thomas & Elizabeth
BAILEY
Durweston
Miller
56
441
1842
01 Jul
Anna Maria
dau of
William & Elizabeth
CROSS
Durweston
Mason
56
442
1842
18 Jul
Elizabeth Jane
dau of
Charles & Susanna
BALL
Durweston
Labourer
56
443
1842
18 Jul
Robert Melmoth
son of
John & Mary
BALL
Durweston
Labourer
56
444
1842
04 Sep
John
son of
Robert & Jane
MITCHEL
Durweston
Labourer
56
445
1842
11 Sep
George
son of
David & Susannah
BEST
Durweston
Labourer
56
446
1842
13 Sep
Ellen
dau of
George & Charlotte
GRAY
Durweston
Labourer
56
447
1842
30 Sep
Emily
dau of
William & Elizabeth
DENNETT
Durweston
Labourer
56
448
1842
04 Nov
Henry
son of
George & Eliza
MELMOTH
Durweston
Smith
57
449
1843
01 Feb
Ann
dau of
Aaron & Susanna
HAINE
Durweston
Labourer
57
450
1843
06 Feb
Richard Francis
son of
John & Rosa
GODWIN
Durweston
Yeoman
57
451
1843
01 Mar
Elizabeth
dau of
William & Mary
FREKE
Durweston
Labourer
57
452
1843
08 Mar
Charlotte
dau of
Silas & Jane
MOSS
Durweston
Labourer
57
453
1843
22 May
Caroline
dau of
George & Eliza
KERLEY
Durweston
Labourer
57
454
1843
09 Jun
Ellen
dau of
Henry & Ann
GODWIN
Durweston
Brewer
57
455
1843
20 Jun
George Benjamin
son of
Benjamin & Elizabeth
BEST
Durweston
Labourer
57
456
1843
03 Aug
Charlotte
dau of
Samuel & Mary
BROWN
Durweston
Labourer
58
457
1843
26 Sep
Ellen
dau of
David & Elizabeth
KAIL
Durweston
Shoemaker
58
458
1843
23 Oct
Amey
dau of
Joseph & Ann
HAYNE
Durweston
Labourer
58
459
1843
11 Dec
Elizabeth
dau of
James & Ann
BROWN
Durweston
Labourer
58
460
1843
28 Dec
Lydia
dau of
Richard & Elizabeth
CROSS
Durweston
Bricklayer
58
461
1844
25 Jan
Agnes
dau of
Samuel & Jane
KERLEY
Durweston
School master
58
462
1844
15 Feb
Michael
son of
William & Elizabeth
CROSS
Durweston
Bricklayer
58
463
1844
22 Feb
Louisa
dau of
William & Elizabeth
DENNETT
Durweston
Shepherd
58
464
1844
22 Feb
Agnes
dau of
Edward & Esther
HAYWARD
Durweston
Labourer
twin
58
464
1844
22 Feb
Ann
dau of
Edward & Esther
HAYWARD
Durweston
Labourer
twin
59
465
1844
21 Mar
Henry
son of
George & Elizabeth
FRY
Durweston
Labourer
59
466
1844
28 Mar
Joseph George
son of
James & Mary
RUSSELL
Durweston
Labourer
59
467
1844
08 Apr
James Dissan?
son of
George & Eliza
MELMOTH
Durweston
Labourer
59
468
1844
30 May
Eli
dau of
Thomas & Rose
HAYWARD
Durweston
Labourer
59
469
1844
03 Jun
Mary Jane
dau of
James Barnes & Jane
RUSSELL
Durweston
Carpenter
59
470
1844
13 Jun
Maria
dau of
Silas & Jane
MOSS
Durweston
Shepherd
59
471
1844
31 Jul
William
son of
Charles & Susanna
BALL
Durweston
Shepherd
twin
59
471
1844
31 Jul
Elizabeth Jane
dau of
Charles & Susanna
BALL
Durweston
Labourer
twin
59
472
1844
03 Dec
Frederick
son of
William & Ellen
HARVEY
Durweston
Labourer
60
473
1845
27 Mar
George
son of
George & Charlotte
GRAY
Durweston
Labourer
60
474
1845
08 Jan
George
son of
Charles & Mary
COOKE
Durweston
Labourer
out of sequence
60
475
1845
27 Mar
Henry
son of
David & Susanna
BEST
Durweston
Labourer
60
476
1845
27 Mar
Robert
son of
Elizabeth
MELMOTH
Durweston
baseborn child
60
477
1845
27 Apr
Emily
dau of
John & Sophia
HARVEY
Durweston
Labourer
60
478
1845
08 May
John
son of
William & Elizabeth
DENNETT
Durweston
Labourer
60
479
1845
08 Jul
William Swainston
son of
Henry & Anne
GODWIN
Durweston
Brewer
60
480
1845
08 Jul
Charlotte Mary
dau of
Benjamin & Mary
THORNE
London
Brewer
61
481
1845
23 Sep
Henry William
son of
Charles & Susanna
BALL
Durweston
Labourer
61
482
1845
15 Oct
Joseph
son of
Richard & Elizabeth
CROSS
Durweston
Labourer
61
483
1845
26 Oct
Stephen
son of
George & Ann
HARDING
Durweston
Labourer
61
484
1845
30 Oct
Alfred
son of
George & Sarah
BEST
Durweston
Labourer
61
485
1845
10 Nov
Edwin
son of
James & Martha?
FREKE
Durweston
Labourer
61
486
1845
10 Nov
Ellen
dau of
Robert & Jane
MITCHELL
Durweston
Labourer
61
487
1845
25 Nov
Samuel
son of
Joseph & Sarah
RAPSON
Durweston
Butcher
61
488
1846
13 Feb
Albert
son of
Samuel & Jane
KERLEY
Durweston
School master
62
489
1846
13 Mar
Frederick
son of
Samuel & Mary
BROWN
Durweston
Labourer
62
490
1846
13 Mar
Eliza
dau of
John & Mary
BALL
Durweston
Labourer
62
491
1846
13 Mar
Harriett
dau of
George & Elizabeth
FRY
Durweston
Labourer
62
492
1846
13 Mar
Mary Jane
dau of
Benjamin & Elizabeth
BEST
Durweston
Labourer
62
493
1846
26 Apr
Elizabeth Ann
dau of
James Barnes & Jane
RUSSELL
Durweston
Carpenter
62
494
1846
19 Jun
John Thomas
son of
David & Elizabeth
KAILE
Durweston
Labourer
62
495
1846
19 Jun
James
son of
Silas & Jane
UPWARD
Durweston
Labourer
62
496
1846
30 Oct
Eli
son of
Charles & Mary
COOKE
Durweston
Labourer
66
528
1850
10 Jan
Mary
dau of
Aaron & Susanna
HAINE
Durweston
Labourer
67
529
1850
20 Mar
Mary Ann
dau of
Samuel & Flora
GIFFORD
Durweston
Farmer
67
530
1850
20 Apr
Ann
dau of
George & Elizabeth
FRY
Durweston
Labourer
67
531
1850
20 Apr
John
son of
Silas & Jane
UPWARD
Durweston
Labourer
67
532
1850
19 Jun
Mary Jane
dau of
Charles & Ann
ADLAM
Durweston
Blacksmith
67
533
1850
19 Jun
Mary Jane
dau of
John & Jane Ann
EDWARDS
Durweston
Groom
67
534
1850
02 Oct
Emily
dau of
Charles & Susanna
BALL
Durweston
Labourer
67
535
1850
31 Dec
Helena Elizabeth
dau of
Frederick & Esther
SHEPHERD
Durweston
Labourer
69
547
1852
12 Jan
William
son of
Solomon & Susan
WEDMORE
Durweston
Labourer
69
548
1852
13 Jan
Alfred
son of
John & Amelia
CROSS
Stourpaine
Bricklayer
69
549
1852
18 Mar
Gauis Thomas
son of
Samuel & Flora
GIFFORD
Durweston
Yeoman
69
550
1852
08 Jul
Sarah
dau of
William & Elizabeth
CROSS
Durweston
Labourer
69
551
1852
23 Jul
Ann Eliza
dau of
James & Sarah
UPWARD
Durweston
Labourer
69
552
1852
31 Jul
Alice
dau of
John & Jane
EDWARDS
Durweston
Labourer
70
553
1852
04 Sep
Daniel
son of
George & Rebecca
DRAKE
Durweston
Labourer
70
554
1852
02 Oct
Samuel
son of
Charles & Mary
COOKE
Durweston
Labourer
70
555
1852
12 Oct
Mary
dau of
Philip & Sarah
DUFFETT
Durweston
Labourer
70
556
1852
03 Nov
Stephen
son of
George & Elizabeth
FRY
Durweston
Labourer
71
563
1854
04 Feb
Charles
son of
Charles & Ann
ADLEM
Durweston
Labourer & blacksmith
71
564
1854
08 Feb
William
son of
James & Matilda
FREKE
Durweston
Labourer
twin
71
564
1854
08 Feb
Henry
son of
James & Matilda
FREKE
Durweston
Labourer
twin
71
565
1854
20 Apr
Susan
dau of
Silas & Jane
UPWARD
Durweston
Labourer
71
566
1854
28 Apr
Mary
dau of
George & Elizabeth
FRY
Durweston
Labourer
71
567
1854
06 Jun
James Joseph
son of
William & Elizabeth
CROSS
Durweston
Mason
71
568
1854
06 Jun
William Lane
son of
Samuel & Ann
HARDY
Durweston
Carpenter
72
569
1854
07 Jul
Mary Beauchamp
dau of
James & Mary Ann
COOKE
Durweston
Labourer
72
570
1854
12 Aug
Mary
dau of
George & Charlotte
GRAY
Durweston
Labourer
72
571
1854
01 Sep
Emma Sarah
dau of
Henry & Harriet
AYLING
Durweston
Miller
72
572
1854
28 Sep
George Frederick
son of
James Barnes & Jane
RUSSELL
Durweston
Carpenter
72
573
1854
25 Dec
Ann Selina
dau of
James & Ann
BROWN
Durweston
Labourer
73
581
1856
30 Jan
Joseph
son of
Samuel & Ann
HARDY
Durweston
Carpenter
73
582
1856
20 Jun
George
son of
William & Elizabeth
CROSS
Durweston
Labourer
73
583
1856
17 Jul
George Henry
son of
George & Martha
STERMEY
Durweston
Labourer
73
584
1856
15 Aug
Edwin
son of
Benjamin & Elizabeth
BEST
Durweston
Labourer
74
585
1856
19 Sep
Emma
dau of
George & Elizabeth
FRY
Durweston
Labourer
74
586
1856
19 Sep
Robert Vincent Osberne
son of
Robert Leach & Christiana
BARTLETT
Blandford
Curate of Durweston
74
587
1856
27 Sep
Edwin
son of
Edwin & Jane
VINE
Shillingstone
Tollgate keeper
74
588
1856
24 Oct
Henry James
son of
James & Mary Ann
COOK
Durweston
Labourer
74
589
1856
18 Dec
Ada
dau of
Robert & Ann
RAXWORTHY
France Farm
Yeoman
80
635
1862
26 Mar
Emily Anne
dau of
Charles Henry & Sarah Jane
FLOWER
France Farm
Yeoman
80
636
1862
04 Apr
Jane
dau of
George & Martha
STURMEY
Durweston
Labourer
80
637
1862
10 Apr
Henry
son of
Martha
CROSS
Durweston
bastard child
80
638
1862
01 Jun
Samuel Joseph Jeans
son of
William Joseph & Elizabeth
SEAGER
Durweston
Labourer
80
639
1862
12 Jun
Frances Gertrude
dau of
Thomas & Jane
GRAHAM
Durweston
Publican
80
640
1862
13 Dec
Edwin George
son of
Samuel & Ann
HARDY
Durweston
Carpenter
83
657
1864
04 Mar
William
son of
Elias & Amelia
GOSNEY
Durweston
Labourer
83
658
1864
06 Apr
Julia Sarah Anna
dau of
Samuel & Elizabeth
COOK
Durweston
Gamekeeper
83
659
1864
09 Apr
Elizabeth Ann
dau of
Matthew & Maria
HOUSTON
Durweston
Rivet maker
83
660
1864
02 Nov
Claude Berkeley
son of
William & Mary
PORTMAN
Durweston
Gentleman
private baptism
83
661
1864
09 Nov
Ellen
dau of
Harriet
FRY
Durweston
Servant
baseborn
83
662
1865
09 May
Henry
son of
Augusta
CROSS
Durweston
p.b bastard child
83
663
1865
12 May
George Robert
son of
George & Eliza
MELMOTH
Durweston
Carpenter
83
664
1865
26 May
Frederick Percy
son of
Samuel & Emma
JOYCE
Durweston
Labourer
84
665
1865
04 Jun
Mary
dau of
George & Sarah
BISHOP
France Farm
Bailiff
84
666
1865
08 Jul
William
son of
Andrew & Jane
BEST
Durweston
Labourer
84
667
1865
10 Oct
Charlotte Elizabeth
dau of
George Harvey & Ann
BAKER
Durweston
Bailiff
84
668
1865
10 Oct
William Howe
son of
William & Jane
GREY
Durweston
Labourer
84
669
1865
23 Nov
Mary Ann
dau of
Richard & Rebecca
KERLEY
Durweston
Labourer
84
670
1865
13 Dec
Bessie Eliza
dau of
Albert & Louisa
HANNAM
Durweston
Labourer
84
671
1865
26 Dec
Rhoda
dau of
Charles & Ann
STONE
Durweston
Labourer
84
672
1865
26 Dec
Edwin
son of
Charles & Eliza
WAREHAM
Durweston
Labourer
86
686
1868
05 Feb
William
son of
John & Elizabeth
HAINE
Blackwater, Christchurch
Carpenter
86
687
1868
09 Jun
Francis Tom
son of
Samuel & Elizabeth
COOK
Durweston
Game keeper
86
688
1868
25 Aug
Helen
dau of
Henry & Elizabeth
RAPSON
Durweston
Butcher
The copy of this entry gave the name Ellen as this was the name understood and have been given at the baptism but that the name meant was Helen. I have thus altered it.