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Dorset History Centre

Contact information

Address: Bridport Road, Dorchester, England. DT1 1RP

Telephone: 01305 250 550

Email: archives@dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

Website: https://www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/libraries-history-culture/dorset-history-centre

Contact person: County Archivist Notification Contact (Principal Archivist) Mr Ms Sam Jacqui Johnston Halewood

Key information

ARCHON code: 31

Summary of collections

Paper catalogues (273)

Collections information

Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives (273)

NRA 31652 Abbotsbury United Reformed Church link to online catalogue
NRA 10914 Theodora Francis Almack, naturalist and local historian: Blandford St Mary local history collection link to online catalogue
NRA 13670 Andrews, Son & Huxtable, solicitors, Dorchester and Weymouth: Gollop family of Netherbury and other link to online catalogue
NRA 42214 David Anthony Atkinson MP : constituency corresp link to online catalogue
NRA 28911 Bankes family of Kingston Lacy and Corfe Castle: estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 11038 Wynne Albert Bankes (naval officer and barrister) of Wolfeton House: diary link to online catalogue
NRA 17607 Thomas Oldfeld Bartlett of Wareham: diary
NRA 10687 Battiscombe family papers link to online catalogue
NRA 42759 Beaminster Museum: MS collection link to online catalogue
NRA 33591 Beaminster Rural Deanery link to online catalogue
NRA 40687 E Beasant, grocer, Bournemouth link to online catalogue
NRA 43860 Beaufort School, Bournemouth link to online catalogue
NRA 14 Benthall family, baronets, of Benthall: family and estate papers
NRA 33590 Bere Regis, Pimperne, Milton, and Milton and Blandford rural deaneries link to online catalogue
NRA 24524 Bere Regis: Williams Charity link to online catalogue
NRA 20488 Blandford charities link to online catalogue
NRA 35157 Blandford Forum Museum Trust: MS collection link to online catalogue
NRA 39047 Blandford Forum Petty Sessions link to online catalogue
NRA 24118 Bond family of Creech Grange and Holme Priory: family and estate papers
NRA 36418 William Bond, canon of Bristol: corresp with Lord Eldon link to online catalogue
NRA 40850 Boots The Chemists, Dorchester: records of predecessors link to online catalogue
NRA 30833 Boscombe Congregational Church link to online catalogue
NRA 2991 Bournemouth Borough link to online catalogue
NRA 39198 Bournemouth Borough Petty Sessions link to online catalogue
NRA 24120 Bournemouth Gas & Water Co link to online catalogue
NRA 35760 Bournemouth Methodist Circuit link to online catalogue
NRA 35156 Bournemouth Unitarian Church link to online catalogue
NRA 8409 Bragge family of Sadborow papers link to online catalogue
NRA 17606 Branksome Park estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 12741 Albert Brett, schoolmaster: diary link to online catalogue
NRA 12736 Admiral Sir Robin Bridge: Dorset deeds and maps link to online catalogue
NRA 20485 Bridport and District Hospital League link to online catalogue
NRA 3704 Bridport Borough link to online catalogue
NRA 39570 Bridport Borough Petty Sessions link to online catalogue
NRA 40723 Bridport charities link to online catalogue
NRA 32575 Bridport Congregational Church link to online catalogue
NRA 40836 Bridport County Court link to online catalogue
NRA 10778 Bridport Literary and Scientific Institute link to online catalogue
NRA 36414 Bridport Museum: MS collection link to online catalogue
NRA 39335 Bridport Petty Sessions link to online catalogue
NRA 9131 Bridport Unitarian Chapel link to online catalogue
NRA 6592 Bridport-Gundry Ltd, net and cordage mfrs link to online catalogue
NRA 32577 British and Foreign Bible Society: Christchurch and Highcliffe auxiliary link to online catalogue
NRA 38448 Broadwindsor Particular Baptist Chapel link to online catalogue
NRA 17599 Brymer family of Puddleton: family and estate corresp and papers link to online catalogue
NRA 20486 Burridge, Kent and Arkell, solicitors, Shaftesbury: Dorset tithe papers
NRA 20474 Calcraft family of Rempstone: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 12734 Canford Magna manor rent roll link to online catalogue
NRA 34731 Capital & Counties Electric Theatres Ltd, cinema owners, Bournemouth link to online catalogue
NRA 31653 Cerne Abbas Congregational Church link to online catalogue
NRA 42218 Charity Commission: Dorset charities accounts link to online catalogue
NRA 20477 Chick family Stratton: deeds and papers link to online catalogue
NRA 34750 Chislett & Rawlence, land agents, Wimborne Minster: records incl client's papers link to online catalogue
NRA 29991 Christchurch and Bournemouth Board of Guardians link to online catalogue
NRA 9227 Christchurch Borough link to online catalogue
NRA 25151 Christchurch Petty Sessions link to online catalogue
NRA 12742 Church Commissioners: Dorset maps and sale particulars link to online catalogue
NRA 12730 City Wall Properties Ltd, London: Poole deeds link to online catalogue
NRA 42215 Civil Aviation Authority: Hurn Airport, Bournemouth link to online catalogue
NRA 9548 Colfox family, baronets, of Symondsbury: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 24122 Collett's Charity, Wimborne link to online catalogue
NRA 12726 Thomas Coombs & Son, solicitors, Dorchester link to online catalogue
NRA 16912 Cooper family, Earls of Shaftesbury: Dorchester deeds
NRA 10915 Corfe Castle Charity Trustees link to online catalogue
NRA 24114 AC Cox: local history collection link to online catalogue
NRA 13547 Crichel, Dorset: Alington, Napier and Sturt family and estate papers
NRA 40811 Stephen Crumpler, wheelwright, funeral furnisher and house decorator, Lytchett Matravers link to online catalogue
NRA 10917 Damer family, Earls of Dorchester: misc family and estate papers
NRA 17604 Deane family of Gillingham and East Stour: deeds and papers link to online catalogue
NRA 10820 S Dennett of Dorset Constabulary: official journals link to online catalogue
NRA 12732 Dillon-Trenchard family of Lytchett House: estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 40446 Dorchester and District Trades Union Council link to online catalogue
NRA 32576 Dorchester and District Welsh Society link to online catalogue
NRA 13666 Dorchester Borough link to online catalogue
NRA 12744 Dorchester Borough Petty Sessions link to online catalogue
NRA 40459 Dorchester Congregational Church link to online catalogue
NRA 20758 Dorchester Fishing Club link to online catalogue
NRA 35761 Dorchester Methodist Circuit link to online catalogue
NRA 39331 Dorchester Petty Sessions link to online catalogue
NRA 13642 Dorchester Rifle Volunteer Corps link to online catalogue
NRA 30831 Dorchester Rural District Council link to online catalogue
NRA 10676 Dorset Association of Parish Councils link to online catalogue
NRA 20554 Dorset boards of guardians link to online catalogue
NRA 24124 Dorset Choral Association link to online catalogue
NRA 38413 Dorset Constabulary link to online catalogue
NRA 10777 Dorset County Club link to online catalogue
NRA 8416 Dorset County Council link to online catalogue
NRA 42766 Dorset County Cricket Club link to online catalogue
NRA 40810 Dorset Guide Association link to online catalogue
NRA 24117 Dorset Insurance Committee link to online catalogue
NRA 19220 Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society: deeds
NRA 38833 Dorset parish councils link to online catalogue
NRA 29464 Dorset parishes
NRA 7828 Dorset Record Office: misc accessions
NRA 29785 Dorset schools
NRA 20755 Dorset Society of Friends link to online catalogue
NRA 16909 Dorset Territorial and Auxiliary Forces Association link to online catalogue
NRA 17614 Dorset Volunteer Association link to online catalogue
NRA 12745 Dorset womens institutes
NRA 5693 Dorset Yeomanry link to online catalogue
NRA 17613 Dorset: National Trust link to online catalogue
NRA 35166 Henry Duke & Son, auctioneers, valuers and estate agents, Dorchester link to online catalogue
NRA 38452 Edwards family, merchants, Lyme Regis: deeds link to online catalogue
NRA 40809 Electrical Association for Women: Bournemouth, Poole and South Dorset branches link to online catalogue
NRA 10916 Alfred John Evans, chemist, Dorchester link to online catalogue
NRA 16916 Falkner family of Salop, Wilts and Dorset:papers link to online catalogue
NRA 20475 Farrer family of Binnegar deeds and papers link to online catalogue
NRA 8985 Fetherstonhaugh-Frampton family of Moreton: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 24113 Ffooks, solicitors, Sherborne link to online catalogue
NRA 24116 Filliter family of Morden and Wareham: deeds and papers link to online catalogue
NRA 38449 JW Flower & Co (Engineers) Ltd, brewers engineers, Wimborne link to online catalogue
NRA 40719 James Foot Ltd, horticultural merchants, Dorchester link to online catalogue
NRA 11161 Forde Abbey estate (Evans and Roper families)
NRA 10688 Fordington: Prebend House deeds
NRA 11165 Joseph Fowler, schoolmaster, antiquary and geologist: antiquarian collection link to online catalogue
NRA 30194 Fox-Strangways family, Earls of Ilchester: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 32013 Gillingham Local History Society Museum: local history collection
NRA 1173 Gillingham: William Reeds Charity
NRA 40834 Gloucester Street Congregational Church, Weymouth link to online catalogue
NRA 20756 Gloucester Street Congregational Church, Melcombe Regis
NRA 5760 Glyn family, baronets, of Ewell, Surrey, and Gaunts: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 17640 Grosvenor family, Barons Stalbridge: estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 43655 Hanham family, baronets, of Dean's Court: deeds and papers link to online catalogue
NRA 38455 George Hardy, builder, decorator and heating engineer, Swanage link to online catalogue
NRA 30830 George Hardy, builders, Swanage link to online catalogue
NRA 7836 TM Hardy: papers relating to Swanage, Dorset
NRA 12727 Harnham, Blandford and Dorchester turnpike trust link to online catalogue
NRA 16987 Hartland collection incl deeds and papers of William Blathwayt, diplomat
NRA 12728 Harward & Evers, solicitors, Stourbridge: Dorset deeds link to online catalogue
NRA 13641 Hawkins family of Portesham: deeds and papers link to online catalogue
NRA 24115 Hayne family: Berkshire, Dorset and Somerset deeds and papers link to online catalogue
NRA 20482 Henry Conway, builder, surveyor and undertaker, Evershot link to online catalogue
NRA 979 Hilfield manorial documents and estate papers (Trenchard, Cosens and Bampier-Bide families)
NRA 38412 HM Prison, Dorchester link to online catalogue
NRA 40690 William John Hooper, Middle Farm, Dorchester link to online catalogue
NRA 38798 Hospital of St Mary Magdalen, Christchurch link to online catalogue
NRA 42217 Howard, Shreeve & Turnbull, architects, Blandford Forum link to online catalogue
NRA 6704 Mrs E Hulls: letters from Harriet Martineau and Mary Carpenter
NRA 17609 GW Jolliffe, painter, glazier, decorator and builder's merchant, Weymouth link to online catalogue
NRA 16907 Stephen King, blacksmith, Sherborne link to online catalogue
NRA 40808 Knight family of Evershot: local history collection link to online catalogue
NRA 20480 Ledgard Gosse and Chancey, Newfoundland traders, Poole: letterbook link to online catalogue
NRA 13649 Robert Leigh, solicitor, Beaminster link to online catalogue
NRA 17355 Lester and Garland families of Poole and Newfoundland muniments link to online catalogue
NRA 44568 The Little Commonwealth, Batcombe: minutes, accounts, corresp, deeds and papers link to online catalogue
NRA 20489 Litton Cheney Friendly Society link to online catalogue
NRA 40812 Lord Digby's School for Girls, Sherborne link to online catalogue
NRA 33592 Lyme Bay Rural Deanery link to online catalogue
NRA 35168 Lyme Regis (Philpot) Museum: MS collection link to online catalogue
NRA 10570 Lyme Regis Borough link to online catalogue
NRA 40832 Lyme Regis Congregational Church link to online catalogue
NRA 7884 Mansel-Pleydell family of Whatcombe: family and estate papers
NRA 13667 Mappowder court rolls and deeds link to online catalogue
NRA 24125 Martin family of Rampisham: deeds and estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 5341 TP Maslen collection
NRA 10913 Charles Herbert Mayo, canon of Salisbury and antiquary: personal and family papers link to online catalogue
NRA 8406 Melcombe Bingham and District Nursing Association link to online catalogue
NRA 40821 Melplash Agricultural Society link to online catalogue
NRA 40823 Meta House Trust, Bournemouth link to online catalogue
NRA 13669 Michel family of Dewlish: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 5597 Middleton family of Bradford Peverell: family and estate papers
NRA 38373 Milborne St Andrew Farmers Club link to online catalogue
NRA 17602 Milton Abbey deeds and papers link to online catalogue
NRA 5472 Montagu family, Earls of Sandwich: family and estate papers
NRA 20757 Morey & Sons, auctioneers and estate agents, Bridport link to online catalogue
NRA 17600 Morton family of Milbourne St Andrew: rental and miscellaneous papers link to online catalogue
NRA 9549 Mowlem family of Swanage: manorial documents, deeds and papers link to online catalogue
NRA 40724 Mrs MH Popham, district midwife, Bournemouth link to online catalogue
NRA 20478 National Tithepayers Association: Crewkerne Dorset and Salisbury branches link to online catalogue
NRA 40444 National Union of Teachers: Dorset County Association link to online catalogue
NRA 42212 National Union of Teachers: South Dorset Association link to online catalogue
NRA 24523 Netherbury Charities link to online catalogue
NRA 12355 Okeden and Parry Okeden families: Dorset: deeds and family papers link to online catalogue
NRA 8984 Paget family, Marquesses of Anglesey: Dorset and Somerset estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 20484 Palmer's Boot and Shoe Warehouse, Sturminster Newton link to online catalogue
NRA 42767 Parkstone & Bournemouth Co-operative Society Ltd link to online catalogue
NRA 40458 WCL Parsons, tobacconist and hairdresser, Dorchester link to online catalogue
NRA 20476 Pavey family, Charmouth: family and misc papers link to online catalogue
NRA 13637 Pengilly & Ridge, solicitors, Weymouth link to online catalogue
NRA 17605 Perham family of Purse Caundle: farm accounts link to online catalogue
NRA 42773 Peto Memorial Reading Room, Chickerell link to online catalogue
NRA 13645 Pickard family: papers link to online catalogue
NRA 635 Pitt-Rivers family (formerly Barons Rivers) of Rushmore: papers link to online catalogue
NRA 40828 Pokesdown Congregational Church link to online catalogue
NRA 23477 Poole Borough link to online catalogue
NRA 24123 Poole Citizens Advice Bureau link to online catalogue
NRA 17611 Poole Harbour papers
NRA 35762 Poole Methodist Circuit link to online catalogue
NRA 39039 Poole Petty Sessions link to online catalogue
NRA 9669 Poole Unitarian Church link to online catalogue
NRA 35763 Portland Methodist Circuit link to online catalogue
NRA 39040 Portland Petty Sessions link to online catalogue
NRA 42160 Portland Railway Co link to online catalogue
NRA 17597 Portland stone quarrying: deeds and papers
NRA 12731 Llewellyn Powys (author) letters to Alyse Simpson
NRA 39313 Richard Grosvenor Bartelot, vicar of Fordington St George and antiquary: corresp, papers and MS col link to online catalogue
NRA 42762 Rogers local history MS collection rel to Sturminster Newton link to online catalogue
NRA 38453 Rooks Rider & Co, solicitors, London: clients papers link to online catalogue
NRA 24121 Royal National Lifeboat Institution: Swanage branch link to online catalogue
NRA 8408 Russell family, Barons Ampthill: Ringstead deeds
NRA 4220 Salkeld family of Blandford: estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 13668 James Searley, police constable: official journals link to online catalogue
NRA 5519 Seymer family of Hanford: family and estate papers
NRA 35764 Shaftesbury and Gillingham Methodist Circuit link to online catalogue
NRA 6644 Shaftesbury Borough link to online catalogue
NRA 40835 Shaftesbury County Court link to online catalogue
NRA 39041 Shaftesbury Petty Sessions link to online catalogue
NRA 44474 Sherborne Abbey and School excavations: papers and plans
NRA 10675 Sherborne: almshouse manorial documents, deeds and papers
NRA 35167 Sherborne Archdeaconry link to online catalogue
NRA 35765 Sherborne Methodist Circuit link to online catalogue
NRA 39042 Sherborne Petty Sessions link to online catalogue
NRA 36412 Sherborne School link to online catalogue
NRA 7917 Sheridan family of Frampton Court: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 24119 Smith family of West Stafford: diaries and misc papers
NRA 40822 Wilfrid Snook, electrical engineer, Weymouth link to online catalogue
NRA 8506 Lt Col RNN Solly: Rackett, Caillouel, Tattersall and Solly family papers link to online catalogue
NRA 12738 Somerset Archaeological Society: Dorset deeds link to online catalogue
NRA 20479 Somerset Archaeological Society: Dorset tithe and misc papers link to online catalogue
NRA 36430 South Dorset Liberal Asssociation link to online catalogue
NRA 10674 Southern Gas Board: Dorset undertakings link to online catalogue
NRA 11162 Sparks & Blake, solicitors, Crewkerne link to online catalogue
NRA 13640 John Stallard & Co, solicitors, Worcester: Dorset deeds link to online catalogue
NRA 16911 Harry Stamp, painter and glazier, Charmouth link to online catalogue
NRA 34732 Stilwell family of Steepleton Manor: misc family and estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 35766 Stour Valley Methodist Circuit link to online catalogue
NRA 5694 Strode family of Parnham: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 12737 Stuchbery & Son (solrs): misc Dorchester deeds and papers link to online catalogue
NRA 39043 Sturminster Newton Petty Sessions link to online catalogue
NRA 10779 Styring & Co, brewers, Poole link to online catalogue
NRA 12739 Sussex Archaeological Society: Dorset deeds link to online catalogue
NRA 41914 Sutton Road Congregational Church, Bournemouth link to online catalogue
NRA 36416 Swanage Methodist Circuit link to online catalogue
NRA 40833 Sydling St Nicholas Congregational Church link to online catalogue
NRA 5598 Traill, Castleman-Smith & Wilson, solicitors, Blandford Forum link to online catalogue
NRA 11160 Trenchard family of Stanton: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 35769 Upwey United Reformed Church link to online catalogue
NRA 40829 Venn United Reformed Church, Broadwindsor link to online catalogue
NRA 16913 John Vincent, jeweller, Weymouth link to online catalogue
NRA 7916 Walpole family, Barons Walpole and Earls of Oxford: Puddletown (Dorset) estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 12746 Wareham Borough link to online catalogue
NRA 39137 Wareham Borough Petty Sessions link to online catalogue
NRA 17618 Wareham Congregational Church link to online catalogue
NRA 39044 Wareham Petty Sessions link to online catalogue
NRA 17616 Sir William Watts: misc papers link to online catalogue
NRA 9927 Weld family of Chideock: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 9928 Weld family of Lulworth: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 16221 Charles Wesley (musician) diaries and misc papers
NRA 20487 Wessex Water Authority: Bridport and Portland waterworks link to online catalogue
NRA 17610 West Dorset Conservative Association link to online catalogue
NRA 40820 West Dorset Liberal Association link to online catalogue
NRA 40830 West Lulworth United Reformed Church link to online catalogue
NRA 20483 Westminster Memorial Hospital, Shaftesbury link to online catalogue
NRA 35155 Weymouth Baptist Church link to online catalogue
NRA 36417 Weymouth Methodist Circuit link to online catalogue
NRA 39045 Weymouth Petty Sessions link to online catalogue
NRA 16906 Weymouth Waterworks Co
NRA 17598 William and Martha Wheeler, hauliers, Blandford: ledger link to online catalogue
NRA 35770 White family, farmers, Abbotsbury: business and family papers link to online catalogue
NRA 5518 Willliam Adair Pickard-Cambridge, classical scholar and composer: notebooks of carols and collectio link to online catalogue
NRA 8986 Williams family of Woolland House: deeds and papers link to online catalogue
NRA 13647 Williams family, baronets, of Bridehead: family and estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 30193 J & R Willmott Ltd, silk throwsters, Sherborne link to online catalogue
NRA 42216 GA Wilson & Son, builders, Blandford Forum link to online catalogue
NRA 40865 Wimborne Joint Burial Board link to online catalogue
NRA 35767 Wimborne Methodist Circuit link to online catalogue
NRA 39046 Wimborne Minster Petty Sessions link to online catalogue
NRA 24126 Wimborne Minster Water Works Co Ltd link to online catalogue
NRA 1279 Wingfield Digby family of Sherborne Castle, Dorset, and Coleshill, Warwicks: estate papers link to online catalogue
NRA 17608 Winterborne Monkton manorial records link to online catalogue
NRA 8407 Miss EC Wood Homer: Wood family papers link to online catalogue
NRA 8405 G Wright & Son (Dorchester) Ltd, grocers link to online catalogue
NRA 282 Yetminster manorial documents link to online catalogue

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