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"ABBOTSBURY, a parish and town in the hundred of Uggscombe, in the county of Dorset; 9 miles S.W. of Dorchester, and 128 S.W. from London. It is a place of great antiquity, and was once a market town. Its situation is very picturesque and pleasant, in a valley shut in by lofty chalk hills, not far from the north end of the Chesil Bank, and open to the sea at the south-west." Source: The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003
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- The Abbotsbury OPC site has transcripts of the 1841, 1851, 1861 and 1881 census available online
- UK Genealogy Archives have transcribed the 1841 and 1901 census for Abbotsbury.
- A description of the parish church is available on the Abbotsbury page of the UK Genealogy Archives site.
- Michael Day provides photographs and bibliography for Abbotsbury (St. Nicholas) on his Dorset Churches website
- The Dorset History Centre hold the Parish Registers for Abbotsbury: Baptisms: 1574 - 1950 Marriages: 1567 - 1976 Burials: 1567 - 1919
- The Abbotsbury OPC site has transcripts of the Abbotsbury parish registers: Baptisms: 1731 - 1879, Marriages: 1771 - 1836, Burials: 1731 - 1880.
- Abbotsbury was a Sub-district in the Weymouth Registration district from 1837 - 1997. For further information see the list of Registration District in England & Wales
- A description of Abbotsbury from "The Dorset Page".
- A description of Abbotsbury from the Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5 is available on the UK Genealogy Archives site.
- A transcription of the section for Abbotsbury from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Abbotsbury to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Abbotsbury pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SY576854 (Lat/Lon: 50.666715, -2.60131), Abbotsbury which are provided by:
- OpenStreetMap
- Google Maps
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- Bing (was Multimap)
- Old Maps Online
- National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Abbotsbury was a member of the Weymouth Poor Law Union.