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1552 The Church Plate of Dorset, 1552. The Parish of STURMYSTER NEWTON - Three Chalices of silver. To the Church's use there is appointed the worst chalice. The residue are committed to the custody of these underwritten. Lawrence Bentame; curate. Richard Chemocke, Robert Ford; churchwardens. Thomas Yong, William Yngrame, Mathewe Gyllet; parishioners.
1786 [Briefly written] Admon of Samuel Bridport otherwise Burport of Sturminster Newton, 27 Feb 1787 - Dorset CRO. George Bridport, otherwise Burport, and Robert Francis - both weavers in Sturminster Newton, and John Doz? hired the clerk John Turner, master of arts, official of the Venerable George, Watson Hand, also clerk. They agree to pay Turner 15 pounds to settle the goods, chattels and credits of Samuel Bridport who died in Newfoundland, c1786 Samuel Bridport was George's son and Uncle of George Crew. George Bridport & Robert Francis made their mark. Wit: William Frampton/ Tho Fitzherbert.
PUBLIC RECORDS Records of Sturminster Newton to be found in the Dorset Record Office: (There is a large and varied collection of records referring to this parish but unfortunately the Parish Registers survive only from 1681). Baptism 1681-1937; Marriages 1681-1945; Burials 1681-1958. Banns 1839-1946; BTs 1731-1846. Churchwardens' Accounts 1702-1937. Pew Ownership 1825-1864. Vestry Minutes 1828-1885. Civil Parish records - Rates 1819-1875; Valuation Lists 1863. Charities - Williams 1722-1848. Survey of Buildings lost in the fire- 1730 Bastard Bros, Blandford. Claims following fire. Court Books 1718-1759. Tithe Award & Map 1841. Enclosure Award & Map 1844. Enclosure of Puxey and Bagber Commons 1677-8. Map connected with Railway; plan of railway line and Sturminster Station. Deeds- (many FREKE and PITT-RIVERS families). Workhouse ACC 1800-1833. Workhouse Inmates 1767 and 1802-22. Minutes of Union Guardian 1891-1930. Police Station 1858. School: school - house etc. 1788; 1828: National School 1854. In addition to the Census Records of 1841-91 there is part of the Census of 1801. Even more valuable is a List of Inhabitants of Newton Tithing for 1762. The commonest names in this are RIDOUT, ROSE, SPENCER, SWEET, INKPEN, GUDGE, CHURCHHOUSE, CLARK, CLEWETT, GOPP, BELBEN AND HILLIER. The most remarkable item listed is:- DS40/24 An address to the inhabitants by TH LANE-FOX- 'On the Coming of the End of the World.' 1861.
The Parishes bordering Sturminster Newton and year register commences: Bagber check part of Sturminster Fiddleford - less than one mile east of Sturminster!! Fifehead Neville 1573 Hinton St.Mary 1682 Lydlinch 1567 Manston 1620 Marnhull 1559 Okeford Fitzpaine 1592 Puxey - check part of Sturminster Newton. Stalbridge 1690 Parishes nearby: Sturminster Newton Bishop's Caundl 1570 Child Okeford 1652 East Orchard Fifehead Magdelan 1564 Hammond 1656 Haselbury Bryan 1562 Howell 1653 Ibberton 1761 Mappowder 1653 Margaret Marsh 1682 Pulham 1734 Purse Caundle 1730 Shillingstone 1654 Marriages were studied Stokewake 1546 Stourton Caundl 1670 Todber 1750 Turnworth 1577 West Orchard 1754 Wooland 1726
From The Downhomer - July 1994, pg 49: THE OLD WORLD CONNECTION by Roger Guttridge Dorset, England .....At Sturminster Newton they visited the historic water mill (see picture) which 200-300 years ago was used in the production of swanskin cloth for Newfoundland. The present mill building is mainly 17th and 18th century but there has been a mill on the site for at least 900 years, as it is mentioned in William the Conqueror's Domesday Book written in 1086. In Sturminster churchyard, the visitors saw the gravestones of members of the two Newfoundland merchant families, Colbourne and Bird.
THE OLD WORLD CONNECTION by Roger Guttridge Dorset, England Inside the church they saw a memorial to clothier William Williams, whose will in 1624 set asside 3,000 pounds to buy land, the rent from which would annually finance the apprenticeship of two boys to the sea service- "two out of Blandford the first year, two out of Shaftsbury the second year, two out of Sturminster Newton the third year." Surviving records suggest that most ,if not all, of the apprentices were sent to Newfoundland shipowners, merchants and traders in the Ports of Poole and Weymuth. A picture of the mill is included also picture of Colbourne family headstone.
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