Nether Cerne

Photograph courtesy of www.peterwalker.info	Nether Cerne is a small parish about 5 miles north of Dorchester. It is a tiny secluded hamlet that consists a few cottages, manor house and a church in the Cerne Valley. Nether Cerne is sited by the small River Cerne which rises near Minterne Magna 4 miles to the north and runs in a narrow valley which is aligned roughly north-south. The Cerne Valley is one of several roughly parallel valleys which drain the dip slope of the Dorset Downs. The church dedicated as All Saints is a small building of stone in the Gothic style. Originally built in the 13th century it was restored in 1876 and has sittings for 100 people. The manor was built in the 16th and early 17th centuries and is of a Georgian design.
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Census Returns	1841 [Jon Baker] 1851 [Keith Searson] 1861 [Neil Stanton] 1871 [Jon Baker] 1881 [Terry Smith]
Parish Registers & Bishop's Transcripts	Baptisms 1693-1921 [Parish Registers] 1732-1829 [Bishops Transcripts] Marriages 1716-1899 [Parish Registers] 1716-1829 [Bishops Transcripts] Burials 1693-1898 [Parish Registers] 1731-1829 [Bishops Transcripts]
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Monumental Inscriptions	Nether Cerne Memorial Inscription index
Photographs	Photographs of Nether Cerne Church, Manor and Cottages [Sally Beadle]
Other Records	Protestation Returns, 1641/42 Hearth Tax, 1662-1664
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Records held at the Dorset History Centre [Ref PE-NCE]	Registers Christenings 1694-1704, 1718-1972. Marriages 1716-1744, 1813-1949. Burials 1693-1869
Registration District (for the purpose of civil registration births, marriages & deaths)	1 Jul 1837-14 Jan 1838: Cerne 15 Jan 1838-30 Jun 1949: Dorchester 1 Jul 1949-31 Mar 1997: Weymouth 1 Apr 1997-17 Oct 2005: South Dorset

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