BURIALS 1672 - 1871
Transcribed from the Parish Registers held at the Dorset History Centre in Dorchester and donated to the Dorset OPC Project by Sue Thornton-Grimes
The following list was extracted mainly from the registers of Fontmell Magna Parish, for those identified as being 'of West Orchard'. West Orchard was a Chapelry within this parish. Where entries were found in other registers, this is shown in the 'Comment' column.
Prior to 1752, the Julian Calendar was used and the year ended on March 24th. The dates below are shown according to the Gregorian calendar with the Julian date to the left of the forward slash (/).
Date of Burial Given name Surname Status/Relationship/Occupation Age Comment 11th Dec 1672 Richard DIBBEN 19th Dec 1672 John MONCK son of John Monck 23rd Oct 1673 Mary DIBBEN Widow 14th Dec 1673 Thomas MONCK 15th Mar 1673/4 Henry CHIPPS sone of Henry Chipps 16th May 1675 William CONDETT 30th May 1675 Richard FFOOKS 5th Dec 1675 Edward BURGISS son of Edward Burgiss 13th Feb 1675/6 John MONCK 30th Aug 1676 William MONCK 9th Nov 1676 Robert MONCK son of Robt. Monck 11th Jul 1703 Susan SAVORY daughter of Matthew and Ann Savory 26th Jul 1711 Elizabeth CHIPP daughter of George and Elizabeth Chipp 13th Oct 1711 Matthew SAVORY son of Matt. and Anne Savory 3rd Nov 1711 RIchard COLLE sone of William and Mary Colle 25th Jan 1711/12 Richard CHIPP 12th Oct 1712 Mary CHIPP 5th Nov 1712 George CHIPP 16th Jun 1714 George CHIPP 28th Nov 1714 Constance CHIPP 28th Mar 1715 Jan BRINKES? 9th Apr 1718 John BURGESS 24th Jul 1718 Richard DUNN 27th Nov 1722 Richard JEFFERY 13th Apr 1724 Elizabeth MONCKE 9th Feb 1726/7 Thomsin? CHIPP 4th Mar 1728/9 Matthew SAVORY 17th May 1729 George COOMBE 12th Nov 1734 Mary ANDREWS Widow 8th Aug 1736 Thos. COMBS 27th Aug 1738 George CHIPP 10th Aug 1740 Mary DUN 8th Dec 1741 John JEFFERY 13 Dec 1741 Ann SAVERY Widow 12th Apr 1742 John CARD 11th Oct 1742 Martha JEFFERY wife of John Jeffery 4th Nov 1742 Niccollis HAM 22nd Dec 1742 Grace DUNN 25th Dec 1745 William MONK son of William and Elizabeth Monk 26th Feb 1745/6 Joseph DUNN son of Charles and Joan Dunn 8th Mar 1745/6 Truelove JEFFRYS daughter of Thomas and Mary Jeffrys 9th Apr 1746 Mary JEFFRYS daughter of Thomas and Mary Jeffrys 11th Jul 1746 Mary JEFFRYS daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Jeffrys 9th Sep 1746 Elizabeth MONK wife of William Monk 15th Mar 1746/7 Joseph RABBATS son of George and Mary Rabbats 15th Dec 1747 Mary JEFFRYS Widow 6th Mar 1747/8 Mary CHIPP wife of Richard Chipp 12th May 1748 Joseph JEFFERY son of Joseph and Mary Jeffery 6th Apr 1749 Mary CHIPP Widow 6th Mar 1749/50 John COMBS son of Ben and Betty Combs 14th Apr 1752 Matthias FOWLER son of William and Rose Fowler 23rd Aug 1752 Will. MUNCK 1st Feb 1753 Elizabeth COLLINS Widow 26th Jun 1753 Mary COOMBS 28th Apr 1754 Samuel JEFFERY son of Thomas and Rebeka Jeffery 28th May 1755 Richard CHIPP 13th Aug 1755 Mary FYFITT wife of John Fyfitt 31st Dec 1758 Hester HARTWELL wife of John Hartwell Iwerne Minster register 26th Jan 1758 John LUSH 2nd Apr 1758 Rose FOWLER wife of William Fowler 16th Apr 1758 William FOWLER 25th Nov 1759 Alice FRY Iwerne Minster register 13th Feb 1760 Thomas JESSE 2nd Nov 1761 Robert RIDOUT son of John and Mary Ridout 12th Jan 1764 Joseph RABETS son of George and Mary Rabets 28th Feb 1764 Mary DUN 26th Sep 1764 Jeny TOOMER daughter of William and Hester Toomer 7th Mar 1765 Robert ELLOTT 11th Apr 1765 William FRY 18th May 1766 William CLUET 18th Jan 1767 Jesse RABETS son of John and Alice Rabets 24th Aug 1771 William WARREN 9th Feb 1772 Mary BENNET wife of Matthew Bennet 30th Oct 1773 Ann WARREN Widow 16th Nov 1774 Hannah CLEWET Widow 16th Dec 1774 Benjamin COOMBS 21st Aug 1776 David SANGER 21st Nov 1776 George COLLINS son of William and Elizabeth Collins 19th June 1777 James TOOMER son of William and Hester Toomer 24th Sep 1777 Ann COOMBS daughter of Mary Coombs 11th Apr 1779 Samuel JEFFERY Labourer 26 23rd Apr 1779 William TOOMER Yeoman 60 26th Mar 1780 Thomas MONK Yeoman 57 14th Feb 1781 Martha CLEWET daughter of William and Elizabeth Clewet 10 15th Jan 1786 Thomas PLOWMAN son of Thomas and Ann Plowman Infant 7th Aug 1786 Susannah MONK wife of John Monk 41 4th Oct 1786 Alice JEFERY widow of Richard Jefery 63 21st Feb 1788 George ROBERTS Labourer 79 20th Mar 1788 Betty SUTTON the wife of James Sutton 33 30th Mar 1788 Joseph LUSH son of James and Sara Lush Infant 15th Oct 1788 Sara FORWARD wife of Richard Forward 46 2nd Mar 1789 John SANGER son of Thomas and Lucy Sanger Infant 7th June 1789 Mary SANGER daughter of Thomas and Lucy Sanger 3 4th Sep 1789 Mary ROBERTS widow of George Roberts 78 14th Aug 1791 Martha COLLINS daughter of Thomas and Martha Collins Infant 25th Nov 1791 Robert JEFFERY a Smith 39 4th Nov 1792 Anna COLLINS daughter of Thomas and Martha Collins Infant 10th Mar 1793 J? DUNN Spinster 86 15th Apr 1793 Elizabeth COLLINS widow of Willm Collins 69 6th Jul 1792 John FRY Iwerne Minster register 15th Apr 1793 Thomas ROBERTS Labourer 59 23rd Jan 1794 Hester TOOMER widow of William Toomer 58 28th Feb 1794 Thomas LUSH son of James and Sara Lush Infant 18th Aug 1794 Mary DUNN Spinster 50 1st Mar 1795 Elizabeth LUSH daughter of James and Sara Luch Infant 21st May 1795 Mary COLLINS daughter of Robert and Hana Collins Infant 7th Jun 1795 Faith PERRAT wife of Walter Perrat 34 25th June 1795 Ruth BENNET widow of John Bennet 78 26th Jul 1795 William SMALL son of William and Sara Small Infant 15th May 1796 Elizabeth COOMBS 93 26th Jun 1796 Margaret COLLINS daughter of Thos. and Elizabeth Collins 2 30th Jul 1797 Elizabeth COFFIN? Spinster 82 12th Nov 1797 Ann? COLLINS daughter of Thos and Mary Collins Infant 6th Jun 1798 Robert COLLINS Cardwinder 33 2nd Aug 1798 Mary COLLINS daughter of Robert and Hana Collins 24 29th Nov 1798 ? HUNT baseborn daughter of Mary Hunt 2 20th Jan 1799 Elizabeth WARHAM wife of James Warham 58 23rd Aug 1799 Mary COLLINS daughter of Thomas and Mary Collins Infant 30th Aug 1799 Mary SUTTON daughter of Thos. and Ann Sutton Infant 25 Dec 1799 Elizabeth CLEWETT wife of William Clewett 63 14th Jan 1800 John MONK Yeoman 84 17th Oct 1802 Stephen COLLINS son of Thos. and Martha Collins Infant 11th Sep 1803 Sarah BURT wife of Jon. Burt Yeoman 79 23rd Dec 1804 Katt. FOOT wife of John Foot 73 30th Jan 1805 Abraham BENNETT 57 29th Sep 1805 John BURT Yeoman 70 13th Nov 1805 John FOOT Clark 81 7th Jun 1807 Thomas BENNET 64 16th Dec 1807 George RABBETS 69 25th Feb 1808 Robert SMALL Labourer 70 6th Oct 1809 Lucy HUNT daughter of Willm. and Martha Hunt 1 5th Jun 1810 James HUNT son of Jas. and Elizabeth Hunt 20th Jan 1811 Martha COLLINS wife of Thomas Collins 54 5th Jul 1811 Susannah HUNT daughter of Matthew and Mary Hunt 20 1st May 1812 Mary COLLINS Spinster 80 14th Mar 1814 Thomas PLOWMAN 62 11th Sep 1814 James William JEFFERY 2 4th Feb 1815 John Frederick JEFFERY 3 27th Aug 1815 Mary COOMBS 73 5th Sep 1815 Walter PERROT 61 10th Dec 1817 Emmanuel SUTTON 1 8th Jun 1818 James FIFETT 66 7th Nov 1819 Martha HUNT 38 12th Dec 1819 Maria HUNT Infant 2nd Jan 1820 John ROBERTS 3 15th Jun 1820 Thomas LEMMON 35 13th Aug 1820 Ann PLOWMAN 66 25th Jan 1821 Sarah ROBERTS Infant 14th Oct 1821 Charles ROBERTS Infant 12th Apr 1822 Julia Sophia JEFFERY Infant 28th Jun 1822 Mary SMALL 98 28th Apr 1823 Christopher STOKES Infant 16th Sep 1823 Martha STOKES 34 15th Dec 1824 Virtue HUNT 67 22nd Dec 1825 James LUSH 51 5th Mar 1826 John STILE 91 14th Jul 1826 Millicent MITCHELL 24 Iwerne Minster register 24th Jul 1826 Judith STOKES Infant 4th Nov 1826 James William HUNT Infant 11th Nov 1827 John SNOOK 2 15th Mar 1828 Richard JEFFERY 48 16th Apr 1828 James SUTTON Parish Clerk 80 28th Nov 1828 Jane MITCHELL 80 Iwerne Minster register 6th Dec 1828 Modesty PLOWMAN 44 18th Aug 1829 Melina LEMON 1 11th Sep 1829 Edith MONK 52 24th Feb 1831 ? STOKES 1 6th Aug 1832 Amelia Mary JEFFERY 21 6th Aug 1832 Mary DOWDING 82 14th Dec 1832 Morghen SEYMOUR 21 30th Mar 1834 Mathilda KING Infant 30th May 1834 Jane Melina JEFFERY 20 27th Jul 1834 George LEMON 3 8th Feb 1835 Elizabeth GULLIVER 82 23rd Sep 1836 Louisa JEFFERY 19 20th Nov 1836 Susannah CLEWETT 82 20th Nov 1836 Catherine HUNT 8 26 Jan 1837 John MEATYARD 57 19th Feb 1837 Elizabeth ROBERTS 48 7th Dec 1837 James JEFFERY 12 7th Jan 1838 Melina ROBERTS Infant 24th May 1838 Sarah Susannah SEYMOUR 10 Iwerne Minster register 31st Aug 1838 John ROBERTS 65 9th Dec 1838 James LUSH 78 22nd Mar 1839 George TUFFEN 37 13th May 1839 George LEMON 88 31st May 1839 John ROBERTS 24 20th Dec 1840 Thomas COLLINS 83 30th Dec 1840 Enoch ROBERTS 13 11th Apr 1841 Charles James ROBERTS Infant 2nd Aug 1842 Millicent ROBERTS 13 14th Aug 1842 Sarah ROBERTS 20 19th Mar 1843 Susannah FIFETT 63 20th Feb 1844 Edwin George HUNT 4 27th Feb 1844 James HUNT 2 8th Mar 1844 Mary SUTTON 7 14th Apr 1844 Henry MOORE 7 16th Apr 1844 Mary Ann MOORE 14 28th Jan 1845 Sarah LUSH 82 28th Jan 1846 Mary BURT 87 19th Apr 1846 Richard STOKES 1 18th Oct 1846 George ROBERTS 83 2nd Oct 1848 Joseph ROBERTS 74 3rd Jan 1849 Stephen MOORE 45 7th Jun 1849 Henry HUSHOLT 3 5th Jun 1850 Sarah ROBERTS 28 1st Jan 1851 John JEFFERY 69 17th Aug 1851 John FIFETT 72 30th Nov 1851 Albertina PLOWMAN 5 mths 1st Apr 1852 Mary ROBERTS 83 25th Aug 1853 Charles MOORE 52 30th Oct 1853 Martha LEMON 79 30th May 1854 Martha TROWBRIDGE 1 30th Sep 1855 George SENIOR Infant 18th Jun 1857 Jane JEFFERY 74 31st Jul 1859 Caroline ROBERTS 8 21st Nov 1859 Emily Anne ROBERTS 3 mo 7th Aug 1863 Martha Ann TUFFEN 5 mo 17th Dec 1863 Sarah LEMON 77 5th Apr 1864 Lavinia ROBERTS 20 24th Apr 1864 Arthur Edward ROBERTS 11 mo 10th Aug 1865 Anne FIFETT 62 28th May 1866 Eliza JENKINS 2 5th Jul 1866 William PLOWMAN 79 18th Jul 1867 Mary DOWDING 70 22nd Jul 1869 Harriet MOORE 5 30th Sep 1869 Charlotte ROBERTS 88 27th Jan 1871 Elizabeth FIFETT 68 17th Apr 1871 Sarah HASKITT 86