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Corfe Mullen

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"CORFE-MULLEN, a chapelry, in the parish of STURMINSTER-MARSHALL, union of WIMBORNE and CRANBORNE, hundred of COGDEAN, Wimborne division of DORSET, 3 miles (S. W. by W.) from Wimborne-Minster; containing 758 inhabitants, and comprising 3086 acres, of which 148 are common or waste. The chapel is dedicated to St. Nicholas, and has been enlarged by the addition of 140 free sittings. There is an annuity of £27 for the support of a school, to which Richard Lockyer in 1706 bequeathed £17." Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, 7th edition, 1848. Transcribed by Nigel Batty-Smith ©2014

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Church History

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Church Records

  • The Dorset History Centre hold the Parish Registers for Corfe Mullen:
    Baptisms: 1651-1984 Marriages: 1652-1661, 1670­1992 Burials: 1652-1661, 1670­ 1678, 1756-1928, 1939, 1948 (DHC Ref: PE/COM see also Sturminster Marshall)
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Description & Travel

  • A description of Corfe Mullen from the Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5 is available on the UK Genealogy Archives site
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Genealogy

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY986964 (Lat/Lon: 50.767028, -2.021742), Corfe Mullen which are provided by: