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"BLANDFORD-FORUM (ST. PETER AND ST. PAUL), a parish, in the union of BLANDFORD, comprising the borough and market-town of Blandford-Forum and the township of Pimperne, in the hundred of PIMPERNE, Blandford division of DORSET, 16 miles (N. E.) from Dorchester, and 104 (S. W.) from London; containing 3349 inhabitants. This place derived its name from its situation near an ancient ford on the river Stour, called by the Romans Trajectus Balaniensis, It was nearly destroyed by an accidental fire in 1579, but was soon afterwards rebuilt." Source: A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, 7th edition, 1848. Transcribed by Nigel Batty-Smith ©2014
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- Michael Day provides photographs and bibliography for Blandford Forum (St. Peter and St. Paul) on his Dorset Churches website
- The Dorset History Centre hold the Parish Registers for Blandford Forum:
Baptisms: 1732-1969 Marriages: 1731-2010 Burials: 1732-1921 (DHC Ref: PE/BF)
- A description of Blandford Forum from the Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5 is available on the UK Genealogy Archives site
- Ask for a calculation of the distance from Blandford Forum to another place.
- The Dorset On-line Parish Clerks scheme (OPC) transcribe records relating to the county.
The Blandford Forum pages contain many useful resources.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference ST886065 (Lat/Lon: 50.858248, -2.163963), Blandford Forum which are provided by:
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- 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.