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From: Prinia Riordan <>
Subject: Re: Craford Parish in Dorset?
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 19:50:08 +1200


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> Hello
> I have come across references to Craford in Dorset in a couple of wills
> dated in the early 1600's. One of the wills suggests that at the time
> Craford was a parish. I have been unable to locate Craford on any of the
> usual gazetteers or on older maps of Dorset. Can anybody help locate it?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Jenny Bartlet
> London UK
>
>
> Researching in Dorset: WALLIS, BUSHROD, VOSS>

Hullo Jennifer.......Looking in the Imperial Gazetteer, published 1871.
for Craford, Dorset. - Not found.
Looking at the Locality Catalogue at the LDS FHC on CD-Rom on browse
through Dorset, came upon Canford (Great) and Canford (Magna).
Imperial gazetteer... CANFORD a sub- district in Poole District, Dorset.
it comprises part of Great Canford parish.
GREAT CANFORD a village and parish in Poole Distrct, stands on River
Stour 2 miles NE of Wimborne Minster. The parish also contains the
village of Little Canford and tythings of Kinson, Longfleet and
Parkstone.
Perhaps a second opinion on the writing of the Will, may help to
decipher the place name.
Trust this information, if not helpful it is of interest!...Prinia

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