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Our little brother - with a better WebSite, which, Alas! is no more. This is the archived version.
A splendid free local magazine delivered weekly to your door (if you are lucky).
The monthly Parish Magazine, now on the Web.
The parish has changed over the years, and yet even in some of the oldest images of the area there are familiar features. This gallery shows the rich history in the area including a glimpse of Dorset’s agricultural heritage; changes in development, fashion and transport.
A portfolio of photographs of village life, taken over the years by Ken Tapping (1939-2009). This WebSite is now defunct, so this is an archived vresion.
Some interesting stories about people - some alive, some dead - but nothing to do with our village !
Access to Birth, Marriage, Death Registers, etc.
The UK National Directory of gardens open for Charity.
Provides Statutory information from the Parish Council - minutes, agendas, financial data - and the Neighbourhood Plan.
The current Official Parish Plan
There are five Churches in our Benefice, with one Rector. There are five Rectors in the Pilgrim Parishes.
Unclassified roads, bridleways, halterpaths and footpaths. With their identifying numbers.
The old village school has been converted into this new facility.
Part of the Okeford Beneice
The Okeford Benefice serves the communities and areas surrounding Shillingstone, Okeford Fitzpaine, Child Okeford, Manston and Hammoon
All abut our Parish Church - Services, History, Graves, people.
Our Village Pub, who also do very good meals - AND take-aways !
Video of trains on the Somerset & Dorset Railway - sometimes referred to as the "Smelly & Dirty" !
What Wikipedia says about Okeford Fitzpaine
The Northern Rhodesia Journal was a fascinating magazine full of stories of "Darkest Africa", from the time of David Livingstone in the 1850s right up to Zambian Independence in 1964
An international WebSite devoted to graves and graveyards
Graves in the churchyards of St. Peter's, Eype and St. John the Baptist, Symondsbury, plus annexe.
This Site provides details, photographs, biographies, etc.
"Does what it says on the tin" ;-)
Another WebSite with grave data from all over the world, and some useful links to others.
Okeford Fitzpaine C of E Voluntary-aided Primary School
A "notice board" for requests for information about the village, and about people from the village.
Free access
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Dorset, Volume 3, Central.
All aspects of "Family History" in Dorset.
Guide to Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Lots of useful links for genealogists and family historians
All aspects of "Family History" in Somerset & Dorset.
Includes a large library of local statistics for administrative units.
If you subscribe to FaceBook, here are a few Groups that may interest you:-
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1835816159980100/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Okeford-Fitzpaine/112696362078215
https://www.facebook.com/okefordfitzpainepc/
https://www.facebook.com/royaloakokeford/
https://www.facebook.com/Okefordfitz/
https://www.facebook.com/okefordvillageshop/
https://www.facebook.com/okefordfitzpaine
https://www.facebook.com/groups/611023799365167/
... and another couple of Links:-
https://www.aviva.co.uk/services/more-from-aviva/aviva-community-fund/
http://www.openingdoorsdorset.co.uk/okeford-fitzpaine-on-masterlist
