ChurchKnowle

Church Knowle

Church Knowle is a parish in the Isle of Purbeck and is four miles S.E. of Wareham and about a mile west of Corfe Castle. In 1898 the acreage was 2,920 with various soil and overlying chalk.

The Saxons named the village 'cnolle' which signifies a top of a hill and in the Domesday Book the village was called Glole.

The 13th century church of St Peter which has been partly rebuilt is in the early English style and consists of a nave and chancel and a square unbuttressed tower. It has stone walls, a stone slate roof with coped gables and the tower which was rebuilt in 1740 using the old stones has a trinity of bells.

The population in 1891 was 581. In 1991 it was 329.

Listen to the bells of St Peter and read the history of the church displayed for the public by the church.

Photo displayed with kind permission of Chris Rumbold

The Online Parish Clerk for Church Knowle is Sue Mills

Any enquiries please contact by email at the following:

I am an unpaid volunteer willing to assist others with their genealogical research
and should in no way be confused with the County Council appointed Parish Clerk.

I live in Western Australia.

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SWANAGE - LANGTON MATRAVERS - WORTH MATRAVERS - STUDLAND - CHURCH KNOWLE
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17th Century Records :

Hearth Tax

Parish Registers :

Baptisms - 1547 - 1879
Transcription - Sue Mills, Barry Chinchen and BVRI

1547 - 1636, 1637 - 1751, 1752 - 1819,  1820 - 1879

Marriages - 1560 - 1841
   Transcription - Barry Chinchen

1560 - 1841

Burials - 1558 - 1841
Transcription - Barry Chinchen

        1558 - 1728, 1729 - 1841

List of Rectors - 1327 - 1852

Militia List :

Some Purbeck Militia Lists - 1759

Church Knowle Militia List - 1798

Census Returns :

Full transcription of 1841 census - Page 1 - Page 2

Full transcription of 1851 census - Page 1 - Page 2

Full transcription of 1861 census - Page 1 - Page 2

Full transcription of 1871 census - Page 1 - Page 2

1881 census. - Free transcription or pay per image http://www.ancestry.co.uk/

Full transcription of 1891 census -
Page 1 - Page 2 - Page 3

1901 census. - Free transcription or pay per image http://www.ancestry.co.uk/

Wills :

Index of PCC Wills from the period 1613-1858 on DocumentsOnline

Calendar of Wills and Administrations - Archdeaconry and Consistory Court - 1668 - 1850

Abstracts of Archdeaconry Court of Dorset Wills - Page 1

Will of John Brown of Wareham - names areas around Church Knowle

Directories :

Hunts - 1851

Post Office Directory - 1867

Kelly's Directory - 1895

Kelly's Directory - 1915

Maps :

Saxon Estates in Purbeck

Domesday Map

Tresswell's Map C 1586

Modern Map

Photos :

Cottages in Church Knowle

Images of St Peters Church

Photos of Church Knowle

Purbeck Folk - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7

Memorial Inscriptions - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 **NEW**

Suggested Reading :

Purbeck - Books, Newspapers & Documents

Researchers :

List of those researching in Purbeck
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Links :

Dorchester Gaol Registers - 1782 - 1853

19th Century Tithe Map Apportionments Transcriptions

List of Purbeck Stone Mines - 1896

List of Dorset Mines - 1908

The Purbeck Mineral & Mining Museum **NEW**
    History of Ball Clay - Clayworkers

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