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"ADMISTON, or ATHELHAMPTON, a parish, in the union of DORCHESTER, hundred of PIDDLETOWN, Dorchester division of DORSET, 6 miles (E. N. E.) from Dorchester; containing 74 inhabitants. This place is said to have been the principal residence of the Saxon kings of Wessex, but there is no satisfactory evidence of the truth of that opinion. The living is a rectory, with that of Burleston annexed, valued in the king's books at £2; net income, £200; patron, the Earl of Mornington. The church is a small edifice, repaired by Sir Robert Long in 1740, before which it contained an apartment supposed to have been anciently inhabited by a rector or custos." Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, 7th edition, 1848. Transcribed by Nigel Batty-Smith ©2014
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- Michael Day provides photographs and bibliography for Athelhampton (St. John) on his Dorset Churches website
- The Dorset History Centre hold the Parish Registers for Athelhampton with Burleston:
Baptisms: 1692/3 - 1973 Marriages: 1694 - 1966 Burials: 1692/3 - 1976 Banns: 1867 - 1966
also Burleston Marriages: 1839 - 1856
- A description of Athelhampton from "The Dorset Page"
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Athelhampton to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Athelhampton pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY770942 (Lat/Lon: 50.746938, -2.326784), Athelhampton which are provided by:
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