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Stockwood, Dorset, England

Notes:
Stockwood is a hamlet nestling in a wooded valley below the north-western slopes of Bubb Down between the villages of Chetnole and Melbury Osmond, eight miles south-west of Sherborne. The name is Old English, meaning ‘wood belonging to a secondary settlement’, from the words ‘stoc’ and ‘wudu’. In medieval times it was known as Stoke St. Edwold, in reference to the Saxon saint who is thought to have had a cell here. Indeed, Stockwood’s church is unique in that it is the only one in Dorset dedicated to him.



St. Edwold was the younger brother of St. Edmund the Martyr, the Anglian king murdered by the Danes on the orders of Ivarr the Boneless in 870 AD. Edwold declined to take up his dead brother’s crown, adopting the hermit life instead and eventually settling in Dorset. He died a year later and was buried at Cerne. Such was his prestige that when Cerne monastery was rebuilt in 987 AD, his remains were re-interred in the choir of the new building.



For hundreds of years Stockwood was a parish in its own right, with a separate living and its own parish priest, until in 1888 it was united with the rectories of Melbury Sampford and Melbury Osmond. The little church of St. Edwold has the honour of being the smallest in Dorset, measuring roughly 9m x 4m, and the second smallest in England. It sits at the end of a country track next to aptly named Church Farm’s red-brick Georgian farmhouse. Services are rarely held here these days but the church remains consecrated, and St. Edwold’s is now in the care of The Churches Conservation Trust.



The church is a single cell construction, in which the chancel and nave are structurally undivided. Most of the building dates from the fifteenth century, with the porch added in 1636 and a circular, domed bell turret topped off with ball terminal and pinnacles added in Georgian times, now housing a Victorian bell. Inside most of the furniture, including the altar rail, pews and font is late nineteenth century, the exception being the seventeenth-century altar table which was brought from Whitcombe Church. Outside there are just four tombstones in the churchyard, marking the graves of ten individuals from the Bird, Christopher, Jeans and Wilton families.

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Birth

Matches 1 to 13 of 13

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth		Person ID
1	Bowditch, John William Herbert	10 Jan 1878	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I81
2	Brine, Arthur George	1888	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I2648
3	Brine, Arthur Henry	Abt 1870	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I263
4	Brine, Caroline	Abt 1874	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I301
5	Brine, Clara Anne	2 Dec 1864	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I308
6	Brine, Emily Alice	Abt 1867	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I266
7	Brine, Emily Pearl	1890	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I2650
8	Brine, Frederick William	Abt 1863	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I267
9	Brine, Herbert Charles Lloyd	Nov 1888	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I2649
10	Brine, Hilda Esther	1886	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I2646
11	Brine, John	Abt 1859	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I309
12	Brine, Sarah	13 Dec 1859	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I136
13	Brine, Wallace John	Between Apr 1887 and Jun 1887	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I2647

Death

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Death		Person ID
1	Brine, Clarence Vernon	Apr 1895	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I4372

Burial

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Burial		Person ID
1	Brine, Clarence Vernon	27 Apr 1895	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I4372

Baptism

Matches 1 to 7 of 7

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Baptism		Person ID
1	Bowditch, John William Herbert	3 Mar 1878	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I81
2	Brine, Clarence Vernon	29 Oct 1894	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I4372
3	Brine, Emily Alice	20 Dec 1868	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I266
4	Brine, Ethel Mary	29 Jul 1888	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I4376
5	Brine, Herbert Charles Lloyd	18 Nov 1888	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I2649
6	Brine, Hilda Esther	11 Apr 1886	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I2646
7	Brine, Wallace John	26 May 1887	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I2647

Birth

Matches 1 to 1 of 1

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Birth		Person ID
1	Brine, Herbert Charles Lloyd	1889	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I2649

Census

Matches 1 to 32 of 32

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Census		Person ID
1	Brine, Arthur George	5 Apr 1891	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I2648
2	Brine, Arthur Henry	2 Apr 1871	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I263
3	Brine, Arthur Henry	3 Apr 1881	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I263
4	Brine, Caroline	3 Apr 1881	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I301
5	Brine, Clara Anne	2 Apr 1871	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I308
6	Brine, Clara Anne	3 Apr 1881	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I308
7	Brine, Clara Anne	5 Apr 1891	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I308
8	Brine, Edmund	7 Apr 1861	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I3973
9	Brine, Emily Alice	2 Apr 1871	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I266
10	Brine, Emily Alice	3 Apr 1881	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I266
11	Brine, Emily Pearl	1891	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I2650
12	Brine, Frederick William	2 Apr 1871	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I267
13	Brine, Frederick William	3 Apr 1881	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I267
14	Brine, George	7 Apr 1861	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I261
15	Brine, George	2 Apr 1871	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I261
16	Brine, George	3 Apr 1881	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I261
17	Brine, George	5 Apr 1891	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I261
18	Brine, Henry	7 Apr 1861	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I3975
19	Brine, Herbert Charles Lloyd	5 Apr 1891	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I2649
20	Brine, Hilda Esther	5 Apr 1891	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I2646
21	Brine, John	7 Apr 1861	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I309
22	Brine, John	2 Apr 1871	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I309
23	Brine, John	3 Apr 1881	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I309
24	Brine, John	5 Apr 1891	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I309
25	Brine, Sarah	7 Apr 1861	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I136
26	Brine, Sarah	2 Apr 1871	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I136
27	Brine, Wallace John	5 Apr 1891	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I2647
28	Hurlstone, Charlotte	1861	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I4124
29	Riglar, Annie Elizabeth	5 Apr 1891	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I2645
30	Whittle, Jane	7 Apr 1861	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I259
31	Whittle, Jane	2 Apr 1871	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I259
32	Whittle, Jane	3 Apr 1881	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I259

Education

Matches 1 to 7 of 7

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Education		Person ID
1	Brine, Arthur Henry	3 Apr 1881	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I263
2	Brine, Caroline	3 Apr 1881	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I301
3	Brine, Clara Anne	2 Apr 1871	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I308
4	Brine, Emily Alice	2 Apr 1871	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I266
5	Brine, Emily Alice	3 Apr 1881	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I266
6	Brine, Frederick William	2 Apr 1871	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I267
7	Brine, Sarah	2 Apr 1871	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I136

Occupation

Matches 1 to 18 of 18

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Occupation		Person ID
1	Brine, Clara Anne	3 Apr 1881	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I308
2	Brine, Clara Anne	1891	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I308
3	Brine, Clara Anne	5 Apr 1891	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I308
4	Brine, Edmund	7 Apr 1861	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I3973
5	Brine, Frederick William	3 Apr 1881	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I267
6	Brine, Frederick William	9 Aug 1887	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I267
7	Brine, George	7 Apr 1861	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I261
8	Brine, George	2 Apr 1871	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I261
9	Brine, George	3 Apr 1881	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I261
10	Brine, George	5 Apr 1891	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I261
11	Brine, Henry	7 Apr 1861	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I3975
12	Brine, John	2 Apr 1871	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I309
13	Brine, John	3 Apr 1881	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I309
14	Brine, John	16 Feb 1885	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I309
15	Brine, John	Between 1886 and 1890	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I309
16	Brine, John	Between 1886 and 1890	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I309
17	Brine, John	From 1886	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I309
18	Brine, John	5 Apr 1891	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I309

Residence

Matches 1 to 2 of 2

	Last Name, Given Name(s)	Residence		Person ID
1	Brine, Frederick William	9 Aug 1887	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I267
2	Brine, John	16 Feb 1885	Stockwood, Dorset, England	I309

Marriage

Matches 1 to 3 of 3

	Family	Marriage		Family ID
1	Bowditch / Brine	13 Dec 1877	Stockwood, Dorset, England	F47
2	Brine / Bridge	9 Aug 1887	Stockwood, Dorset, England	F1432
3	Diment / Brine	Between Jan 1898 and Mar 1898	Stockwood, Dorset, England	F1482