Difference between revisions of "Dorset"

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Certificate Ordering Information: [http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=2417  Certificates - Dorset For You]
 
Certificate Ordering Information: [http://www.dorsetforyou.com/index.jsp?articleid=2417  Certificates - Dorset For You]
  
=====For Dorset North Registration Districts contact=====
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'''For Dorset North Registration Districts contact'''<br>
 
Blandford Office<br>   
 
Blandford Office<br>   
 
Salisbury Road<br>   
 
Salisbury Road<br>   
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DT11 7LN  
 
DT11 7LN  
  
=====For Dorset East Registration District contact=====
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'''For Dorset East Registration District contact'''<br>
 
Ferndown Office<br>   
 
Ferndown Office<br>   
 
King George V Pavilion<br>   
 
King George V Pavilion<br>   
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BH22 9EN
 
BH22 9EN
  
=====For Dorset South and West Registration District contact=====
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'''For Dorset South and West Registration District contact'''<br>
 
Weymouth Office<br>   
 
Weymouth Office<br>   
 
The Guildhall<br>   
 
The Guildhall<br>   
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01305 or 01202 225153.
 
01305 or 01202 225153.
  
=====Bournemouth=====
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'''Bournemouth'''
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Bournemouth Register Office<br>   
 
Bournemouth Register Office<br>   
 
The Town Hall<br>   
 
The Town Hall<br>   
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=====Poole=====
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'''Poole'''
  
 
The Register Office<br>  
 
The Register Office<br>  
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E-mail registrars@poole.gov.uk<br>  
 
E-mail registrars@poole.gov.uk<br>  
 
Tel: 01202 633744
 
Tel: 01202 633744
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==Record Office lookup Requests==
 
==Record Office lookup Requests==
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*Bournemouth/Christchurch library ''frequently'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=58 queenbee]
 
*Bournemouth/Christchurch library ''frequently'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=58 queenbee]
 
*Poole library ''less frequently'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=58 queenbee]
 
*Poole library ''less frequently'' [http://www.familytreeforum.com/private.php?do=newpm&u=58 queenbee]
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==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
 
==Cemetery Lookup Requests==
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Revision as of 10:49, 8 October 2007

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Dorset:

County town: Dorchester

Other major towns: Poole, Weymouth

Situated on the south coast of England, Dorset is very rural and contains mainly small towns and villages. The county Town is Dorchester which was the home of Thomas Hardy. Other main towns include Poole, which has the second largest natural harbour in the world. It is also the home of the Tolpuddle Martyrs and famous for Durdle Door. Lyme Regis, with the Cobb made famous by Jane Austen in her novel “Persuasion”, is also the location for “the French Lieutenant’s Woman” by John Fowles. The coastal areas of Lyme Regis and Chramouth are well known by fossil hunters; Mary Anning having discovered an icthyosaurus locally.

The Dorset is also said to be the home of Scouting, with the first scout camp organised by Sir Robert Baden Powell on Brownsea island in Aug 1907.

Thomas Hardy, the writer, was born at Upper Brockhampton, near Dorchester.

Register Offices

  • The Dorset Registration Service has three main offices:

Bournemouth and Poole are now separate authorities and are not connected to the three main offices, they are therefore listed separately.

Certificate Ordering Information: Certificates - Dorset For You

For Dorset North Registration Districts contact
Blandford Office
Salisbury Road
Blandford
DT11 7LN

For Dorset East Registration District contact
Ferndown Office
King George V Pavilion
Peter Grant Way
Church Road
Ferndown
BH22 9EN

For Dorset South and West Registration District contact
Weymouth Office
The Guildhall
St Edmund Street
Weymouth
DT4 8AS

Certificate Orders can be placed by telephone and payment made by credit card at
01305 or 01202 225153.

Bournemouth

Bournemouth Register Office
The Town Hall
Bourne Avenue
Bournemouth
BH2 6DY
Email: linda.lovett@bournemouth.gov.uk

Bournemouth Register Office supply handwritten certificates, a full guide to scanned, handwritten and typed certificates can be found at BMD Certificates

If you can update this information then please do so here

Poole

The Register Office
The Guildhall,
Market Street,
Poole,
BH15 1NP
E-mail registrars@poole.gov.uk
Tel: 01202 633744


Record Office lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.

Record Office Lookup Contacts

  • Bournemouth/Christchurch library frequently queenbee
  • Poole library less frequently queenbee


Cemetery Lookup Requests

Please read the Terms and Conditions before requesting a lookup.

By requesting a lookup you are agreeing to the Terms and Conditions as linked above.

Cemetery Lookup Contacts


Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please PM the member with your queries.



Links


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Archives




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