Winterborne Stickland

Winterborne [or Winterbourne] Stickland [or Strickland] is a parish and village situated at the head of the chalk stream Winterbourne, situated 3¾ miles south west of Blandford Forum. To the north is the parish of Turnworth, to the east is Blandford St Mary, downstream is Winterborne Clenstone and on the west is Winterborne Houghton. The parish church of St Mary is in the middle of the parish and is noted for the oak waggon headed roof. The registers date from 1616 but some are missing.
	A Wesleyan Chapel was built in 1863 and a Primitive Methodist Chapel in 1877. Winterborne Quarleston is a tithing in the parish The village had a post office, a National School built in 1861 and a Police Constable. The parish comprises 2234 acres , the soil is light chalky loam and the chief crops were wheat and barley. In 1891 the population was 406. Details from Kelly's Directory 1895 Photographs © Caryl Parsons
The Online Parish Clerk (OPC) for Winterborne Stickland is Joan McCullough
Census	On line: 1841 Census 1851 Census [Kim Parker] 1861 Census 1871 Census 1881 Census 1891 Census 1901 Census
Parish Registers	The Parish Registers date from 1616, the Bishops Transcripts date from 1731 Baptisms 1813-1883 [Kim Parker] Marriage Burials 1813-1940 [Kim Parker]
Bishops Transcripts	Burials 1813 - 1837
Rectors	A list of the Rectors of the Parish from 1217
War Memorial	Photo and names of those commemorated on the War Memorial
Monumental Inscriptions	An on-line index of all names on Memorial Inscriptions with further details being available
Photographs	More Photographs of the church & village
Maps	The 1891 Ordnance Survey maps of the parish can be seen at the old-maps site, just enter 'Winterborne Stickland' under place search.
	For modern location maps visit:- www.multimap.com For a 1920s map of the area click on the thumbnail on the left [162kb]

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