Addresses
Sources of further information on local and family history
Dorset Record Office (known as Dorset History Centre from 2005)Bridport Road
Dorchester
Dorset
DT1 1RP
Tel:01305 250550
Dorset History Centre Website
Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre (holds Bishop's Transcripts for the Diocese of Salisbury - of which the parishes are part)
Cocklebury Road
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 3QN
Tel: 01249 705500
Wiltshire & Swindon Record Office Website
The National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office)
Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 4DU
Tel: 020 8876 3444
National Archives Website
Links to other websites
The Parishes Today
- 1991 Census Facts for Winterborne Came and Winterborne Herringston (should read 'Winterborne' not 'West')
- 1991 Census Facts for Winterborne Monkton
- West Dorset Local Plan 2006 (direct link to large .pdf document)
- Historic Planning Applications(type in the parish name and off it goes!)
Attractions, activities and employers within the parish
- Came Down Golf Club
- Monkton Art Gallery
- Azure - Image processing software and hardware - Herringston Barn
- The Dorchester Agricultural Society Organisers of the Dorchester Show (now known as the Dorset County Show). Previously held at Came, now based at Coker's Frome.
Flora, Fauna & Countryside
- Overview of Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (of which the parishes are part)
- Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Website
- The South Wessex Downs natural area
- Permissive Footpaths, Came Estate
- Permissive footpaths, Fordington Farm
- Permissive Footpaths, Monkton Parish(.pdf document)
- Maiden Castle Hillfort (adjacent to Winterborne Monkton parish)
Parish History
- William Barnes Society
- Church of St Peter, Winterborne Came - Churches Conservation Trust
- Dorset Historic Churches Trust
- Dorset Coast Digital Archive - Tithe Apportionment for Winterborne Monkton & Came
- Historical Postal Directories