Tithes were originally payments in kind made to support the local parish church and its clergy. They were commuted in 1836, allowing payment by money. The Tithe Act 1936 abolished all tithe rent charges.
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records |
Title: | British History Online |
Link: | https://www.british-history.ac.uk/ |
Description: | British History Online |
Extra Info: | A variety of records and documents relating to the medieval and modern history of the British Isles. |
Classification: | Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | Chardstock Historical Record Group |
Link: | http://chardstockwebmuseum.org/ |
Description: | Chardstock Historical Record Group Web Museum |
Extra Info: | Lots of parish information available. The village was in Dorset until 1896, Devon thereafter. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Tithe Records, Valuation Books, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records |
Title: | DALTON Data Bank and One Name Study |
Link: | http://www.daltondatabank.org/ |
Description: | DALTON Data Bank and One Name Study |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Post Office / Telephone Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Migrant / Emmigration Lists and Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Poor Rate, Other Records |
Title: | DIBDEN One Name Study |
Link: | https://www.angelfire.com/ar3/dibden_onename/ |
Description: | DIBDEN One Name Study, Including Variants |
Extra Info: | Many references to the DIBDEN name. |
Classification: | Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Ships Passenger / Crew / Owners Lists, Religious Lists / Records, Prisoner / Trial / Conviction / Court Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records |
Title: | Dorset County Data from Ancestry |
Link: | Dorset County Data from Ancestry |
Description: | Dorset County Data Collection from Ancestry |
Extra Info: | Includes Catholic History in South West England, 1857; Netherbury and Beminster Parish History. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Hearth / Window Tax, Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Poll / Electoral / Voters Registers, Religious Lists / Records, Military Lists, Muster Rolls etc., Occupations / Trades / Apprentices, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Dorset Online Parish Clerk (OPC) |
Link: | http://www.opcdorset.org/ |
Description: | Dorset Online Parish Clerk (OPC) - A Mixture of Records |
Extra Info: | Some parishes have information about schools and log book extracts, tithes and the history of the parishes. Click on miscellaneous record and scroll down for some occupations. |
Classification: | Commercial / Trade Directories, Street Directories / Gazetteers / Maps, Tithe Records, Information |
Title: | Internet Archive |
Link: | http://archive.org/ |
Description: | Internet Archive |
Extra Info: | Has many scanned books. Click on texts and then search the archive. Note gazetteer and gazetteers give different results. |
Classification: | Hearth / Window Tax, Land Tax / Lay Subsidy, Tithe Records, Religious Lists / Records, Other Records, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Southern Life - A history of the villages of Hampshire and Surrounding Area |
Link: | http://web.archive.org/web/20140516194715/http://s... |
Description: | Southern Life - A history of the villages of Hampshire and Surrounding Area |
Extra Info: | An archived copy of the site, not all pictures seem to display, but the information still seems to be available. Click on Site Map to see records available online. |
Classification: | Tithe Records, School / Educational Records / Alumni, Photographs / Pictures |
Title: | Verwood Historical Society |
Link: | http://www.verwoodhistorical.org/ |
Description: | Verwood Historical Society |
Extra Info: | Includes entries from the school log books relating to WWII. |
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