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 the kind permission of Michael Day |
The Online Parish Clerk for Church Knowle is Sue Mills
Any enquiries please contact by email at the following:
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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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FOR RECORDS FROM
SWANAGE - LANGTON MATRAVERS - WORTH MATRAVERS - STUDLAND -
CHURCH KNOWLE
AND MY PERSONAL RESEARCH
17th Century Records -
Parish Registers - Lookups available for the following years.*
- Baptisms - 1547- 1841 - Name Index *
- On-line Transcription - Donated by Barry Chinchen
1547 - 1640, 1641 - 1759, 1760 - 1841
- Marriages - 1560 - 1841 - Name Index *
- On-line Transcription - Donated by Barry Chinchen
- Burials - 1558 - 1841 - Name Index *
- On-line Transcription - Donated by Barry Chinchen
1558 - 1724, 1725 - 1841
List of Rectors - 1327 - 1852
Militia List -
Census Returns -
1881 census. - Free transcription or pay per image http://www.ancestry.co.uk/
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
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
Memorial Inscriptions - 1
Suggested Reading -
- Purbeck - Books, Newspapers & Documents
Researchers -
- List of those researching in Purbeck
To be added to the list contact
Links -
- Dorchester Gaol Registers - 1782 - 1853 ***NEW***
- 19th Century Tithe Map Apportionments Transcriptions
- List of Purbeck Stone Mines - 1896
- List of Dorset Mines - 1908
Other OPC Parishes - Worth Matravers - Swanage - Studland - Langton Matravers
Visit my personal web page with my research interests and more Purbeck resources