Weymouth & Melcombe Regis

 

Holy Trinity

The seaside town of Weymouth lies in the south west of the county of Dorset, with the county town of Dorchester 6 miles to the north. The best introduction to the town of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis I have found is from a Ward Lock illustrated guide book from 1935 and as I couldn't explain it any better myself I will quote here:

"Strictly speaking, Weymouth is a tiny old seaport fringed with newer houses, on the right bank of the little river Wey, while the bigger, more bustling seaside town which is strung out along the bay, northward from the left bank, is Melcombe - originally called after an ancient mill long since disappeared - with 'Regis' added to indicate that it formed part of a royal domain. For the sake of convenience, however, and following popular custom, the name Weymouth by itself is used..."

Weymouth did not have its own Anglican church until Holy Trinity was built in the 1830s and therefore you will find many Weymouth baptisms, marriages and deaths before that time on the Wyke Regis pages.



The Online Parish Clerk for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis is Christel Muncaster

You can contact Christel by clicking on the link above which should generate a correctly addressed email.


Census Melcombe Regis
1841 Dist 3, Dist 4, Dist 5 [Jennifer Dando]
1841 Dist 6, Dist 7, Dist 8 [Christel Muncaster]
1851 Dist. 3A, Dist 3B, Dist 3C, Dist 3D, Dist 3E [Val Robbins, John Ridout]
1861 Dist 4, Dist 5, Dist 6, Dist 7, Dist 8, Dist 9 [Royston Clarke, Christel Muncaster]
1871 Dist 4, Dist 5, Dist 6, Dist 7, Dist 8, Dist 9, Dist 10 [Christel Muncaster]
1881 Dist 4, Dist 5, Dist 6, Dist 7, Dist 8, Dist 9, Dist 10 , Dist 11 [Christel Muncaster]
1891 Dist 3, Dist 4, Dist 5, Dist 6, Dist 7, Dist 8 [Christel Muncaster]

Weymouth
1841 Dist 9, Dist 10, Dist 11, Barracks, Workhouse[Christel Muncaster]
1851 Dist 4a, Dist 4b, Barracks,[Jennifer Dando]
1851 Dist 4c, Workhouse [Christel Muncaster]
1861 Dist 1, Dist 2, Dist 3 [Jennifer Dando/Barry Lanning]
1861 Workhouse, Ships in Port[Jennifer Dando/Barry Lanning]
1871 Dist 1, Dist 2, Dist 3 [Christel Muncaster]
1871 Union Workhouse, Barracks, Vessels in Port [Christel Muncaster]
1881 Dist 1, Dist 2a, Dist 2b, Dist 3a, Dist 3b [Christel Muncaster]
1891 Dist 9, Dist 10, Barracks [Jennifer Dando/Barry Lanning]
1891 Union Workhouse [Christel Muncaster]

Parish Registers
Melcombe Regis, St Mary's
Marriages
1618-1648
[Jennifer Dando]
1649-1687
[Rachel Kent]

Burials
1560-1575
- currently unavailable
 
Bishop's Transcripts
Melcombe Regis St Mary's
Baptisms [Bob Stone]
1731-1740, 1741-1750, 1751-1760, 1761-1770, 1771-1780,
1781-1790
, 1791-1800, 1801-1810, 1811-1820, 1821-1830,
1831-1840
, 1841-1845, 1846-1850, 1851-1855, 1856-1860,
1861-1865, 1866-1870, 1871-1880

Marriages
[Bob Stone]
1731-1740, 1741-1750, 1751-1760, 1761-1770, 1771-1780,
1781-1790
, 1791-1800, none until 1813, 1814-1820,
1821-1830, 1831-1840, 1841-1850

Burials
[Bob Stone]
1731-1740, 1741-1750, 1751-1760, 1761-1770, 1771-1780,
1781-1790
, 1791-1800, 1801-1810, 1811-1820, 1821-1830,
1831-1840
, 1841-1850, 1851-1860, 1861-1870, 1871-1880
Bishop's Transcripts
Melcombe Regis St John's
Baptisms
1856-1868
[Jennifer Dando], 1871-1880 [Terry Pine]
 
Bishop's Transcripts
Weymouth St Nicholas Independent
Baptisms
1734-1739
[Jennifer Dando]
 
Bishop's Transcripts
Weymouth Holy Trinity
Baptisms
1836-1840, 1841-1850 [Jennifer Dando]
1851-1860, 1861-18701871-1880
[Keith Searson]

Burials
1847-1854
[Keith Searson]
Photographs & Postcards Jennifer Dando, Jacky Machin, Mary Amelia Gould
 
Directories
Weymouth
Directory of Weymouth 1816, Pigots 1823,
Pigots 1844
, Hunts 1851, Post Office 1859
 
Directories
Melcombe Regis
Post Office 1859
Commercial
A - H, I - P, O - Z & Private
Wills James Tizard 1783
Matthew Langrish 1803
Samuel Weston 1817
Henry Hayes Tizard 1835
Charles Frederick Payne 1851
Catherine Tizard 1854
Samuel Prankerd 1903
Joseph Summers Christopher 1902

 
Other Records Visitation 1623
Perambulating of the Boundaries 1896
Mayors 1615-1823
Town Criers, Sergeants at Mace & Bill Posters 1790-2018 [Richard Smith]
Dorset Poll Book 1807
Rectors of Melcombe Regis
 
Links Transcription of names on Weymouth War Memorial for WWI
Transcription of names on Weymouth War Memorial for WWII
Weymouth Crematorium - Names of Soliders who lost their lives in WWII and were cremated here
Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
- List of 106 persons bound for New England from the port of Weymouth, March 20, 1636
Burial records - Holy Trinity, Weymouth, Melcombe Regis and Wyke Regis. Over 29,000 records of burials from 1856 to 1996 (download available)
Roll of Honour - The D-day Memorial
The History of Weymouth and its surrounding parishes, many wonderful pictures (from the Internet Archive).
Maps  

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Records held at the Dorset History Centre

 
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Registration District
(for the purpose of civil registration births, marriages & deaths)
1 Jul 1837-31 Mar 1997: Weymouth
1 Apr 1997-30 Sep 2001: South Dorset
1 Oct 2001-17 Oct 2005: South & West Dorset

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