Below are burial register entries for patients who died in Dorset County Hospital. These are arranged by surname. If you wish to find entries relating to a specific parish, use the CTRL+F function.
All the burial registers are held at Dorset History Centre.
Surname | First name | Year buried | Date buried | Age at death | Abode | Other Details | Burial place | Register reference | Entry |
ACKERMAN | Charlotte | 1856 | 16-Jan | 13 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 169 |
ALNER | Lydia | 1852 | 15-Oct | 34 | Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 42 |
BELLINGER | William | 1851 | 06-Mar | 82 | County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/1 | 790 |
BILES | William | 1855 | 18-Dec | 51 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 165 |
BISHOP | Emma | 1874 | 19-Jun | 21 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Upwey | PE/UPW: RE 8 | 748 |
BOWLES | William | 1861 | 09-Dec | 61 | County Hospital, Dorchester | – | Cerne Abbas | PE/CEA: RE 4/3 | 442 |
BROWNJOHN | Sarah | 1863 | 10-Feb | 46 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Moreton | PE/MTN: RE 4/1 | 248 |
BUCKLER | James | 1856 | 09-Jul | 26 | From ye Dorset County Hospital | – | Charminster | PE/CMR: RE 4/1 | 715 |
BURDEN | Eliza | 1851 | 11-Dec | 36 | Dorset County Hospital, The Holy Trinity Parish, Dorchester | – | Charminster | PE/CMR: RE 4/1 | 608 |
BURDEN | Harriet | 1847 | 14-Apr | 26 | The County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/1 | 668 |
CHURCHILL | James | 1866 | 04-Nov | 59 | Dorchester County Hospital | – | Hilton | PE/HIL: RE 4/1 | 515 |
CLARKE | John | 1869 | 11-May | 58 | From Dorset County Hospital | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/3 | 105 |
COLE | William | 1845 | 14-Dec | 23 | “Residing at Moreton, accidentally run over whilst at the works, died in the Dorset County Hospital the same day” | Railroad labourer. By order of Coroner | Moreton | PE/MTN: RE 4/1 | 172 |
COOK | Giles | 1854 | 28-Dec | 38 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 117 |
COOMBS | John | 1853 | 16-Mar | 65 | Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 53 |
COX | George | 1855 | 12-Jan | 46 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 119 |
CROSS | Mary | 1884 | 14-Nov | 25 | Mill St. died in D.C. Hospital | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/3 | 1066 |
CURME | John | 1863 | 15-Apr | 50 | County Hospital, Dorchester | – | Cerne Abbas | PE/CEA: RE 4/3 | 483 |
DENTON | Caroline | 1881 | 05-Jan | 33 | Mill St. (Died in the Hospital) | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/3 | 859 |
EDMONDS | John | 1855 | 12-Dec | 50 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 163 |
ENSOR | Alfred | 1867 | 18-Apr | 25 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester St. Peter | PE/DO(SP): RE 4/1 | 654 |
EVERETT | Charles | 1858 | 01-Nov | 52 | From the Dorset County Hospital late of Stratton | – | Stratton | PE/STR: RE 4/1 | 275 |
FARR | Louisa Mary | 1917 | 10-May | 56 | Turnerspuddle (Died in Dorset County Hospital) | – | Turners Puddle | PE/TPD: RE 4/1 | 127 |
FLOOD | Noah | 1850 | 09-Jan | 23 | Patient in the Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/1 | 763 |
FOOKS | Henry James | 1892 | 28-Jan | 22 | Tyneham (died in the County Hospital, Dorchester) | – | Tyneham | PE/TYN: RE 4/1 | 288 |
FOOT | John | 1853 | 06-May | 41 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 57 |
FORD | Bessie Violet | 1925 | 23-Feb | 26 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Corfe Castle | PE/COC: RE 18 | 515 |
FRAMPTON | Lucy | 1855 | 13-Apr | 22 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 141 |
GILLINGS | Thomas | 1842 | 24-Mar | 55 | County Hospital | – | Dorchester St. Peter | PE/DO(SP): RE 4/1 | 425 |
GLOYNE | Elizabeth | 1916 | 19-Feb | 47 | Dorset County Hospital (Poole) | Unclear if deceased lived at Poole or the entry refers to a hospital at Poole | Upwey | PE/UPW: RE 12 | 335 |
GREY | Sarah | 1856 | 02-Oct | 16 | County Hospital | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/2 | 844 |
GROVES | Hester Talbot | 1851 | 18-Mar | 36 | Dorchester Infirmary | – | Corfe Castle | PE/COC: RE 13 | 1185 |
HALE | John | 1885 | 18-May | 60 | Mill St. Died in the Hospital | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/3 | 1110 |
HALL | Bernard John | 1931 | 20-Mar | 65 | Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester | – | Stratton | PE/STR: RE 4/1 | 699 |
HAMPTON | Edward | 1850 | 27-Jul | 22 | Dorset C. Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/1 | 775 |
HARDY | Henry | 1857 | 20-Sep | 34 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Holnest | PE/HON: RE 4/1 | 128 |
HARVEY | William | 1867 | 07-Apr | 46 | From the Dorset County Hospital | – | Stratton | PE/STR: RE 4/1 | 335 |
HARWOOD | Dorothy | 1856 | 17-Jul | 52 | Died in Dorchester Hospital | – | Alton Pancras | PE/ALP: RE 4/1 | 169 |
HICKS | George | 1850 | 20-Apr | 46 | Dorset C. Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/1 | 774 |
HISCOCK | Edith | 1854 | 22-Mar | 7m | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 87 |
HONEYBUN | Thomas | 1928 | 13-Feb | 69 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Stratton | PE/STR: RE 4/1 | 680 |
HUMBER | Charles | 1858 | 21-Jun | 24 | From ye Dorset County Hospital, of Bradford Peverell | – | Charminster | PE/CMR: RE 4/1 | 772 |
HUNT | Henry | 1841 | 24-Sep | 57 | From The County Hospital | By Coroner’s Order | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/1 | 527 |
ISAACS | John | 1851 | 17-Nov | 62 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 12 |
JARVIS | Reuben | 1865 | 08-Sep | 27 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Marnhull | PE/MAL RE 4/1 | 1127 |
JEWEL | Christopher | 1855 | 12-May | 26 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 144 |
JOINER | Elizabeth | 1881 | 06-May | 54 | Near Durngate St. Died in D.C.H. | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/3 | 882 |
LACEY | Charles | 1853 | 13-Dec | 70 | Dorchester Hospital | – | Cerne Abbas | PE/CEA: RE 4/3 | 212 |
LANDSCHEIT | Walter | 1868 | 28-Feb | 9 | From ye Dorset County Hospital, of Charminster | – | Charminster | PE/CMR: RE 4/2 | 204 |
LOOKER | Bessie | 1882 | 30-Dec | 14 | Mill St. (Died in the Hospital) | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/3 | 972 |
MAINE | William | 1864 | 11-Jan | 57 | Dorset Co. Hospital | – | Turners Puddle | PE/TPD: RE 4/1 | 78 |
MARSH | Julia | 1855 | 10-Nov | 17 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 158 |
MELLISH | John | 1848 | 15-Feb | 22 | County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/1 | 700 |
MOORE | William | 1885 | 28-May | 62 | Fordington. Died in D. C. Hospital | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/3 | 1113 |
NASH | David | 1879 | 22-Nov | 44 | Fordington (died in the County Hospital) | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/3 | 777 |
NEAL | James | 1887 | 19-Nov | 79 | Wareham St. (Died in D.C.H.) | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/3 | 1280 |
NEAVE | Elizabeth | 1854 | 15-Mar | 53 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 86 |
NILES | Ann | 1844 | 21-Apr | 58 | Corfe Castle – at the County Hospital | – | Corfe Castle | PE/COC: RE 13 | 919 |
OSMUND | John James | 1920 | 03-Nov | 56 | Stratton (Died in the County Hospital) | – | Stratton | PE/STR: RE 4/1 | 652 |
PALMER | Mary | 1883 | 22-Jun | 76 | Mill St. died in the Hospital | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/3 | 1008 |
PAUL | Frederick | 1889 | 20-Sep | 35 | School St. Fordington died in Dorset County Hospital. | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/3 | 1397 |
PAYNE | Jemima | 1855 | 07-Jan | 43 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 118 |
PAYNTER | Charles | 1879 | 23-Jan | 24 | Dorset County Hospital, formerly Church Hill | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/3 | 736 |
PEATTY | Alfred Charles | 1889 | 16-Oct | 25 | The Hospital, Dorchester | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/3 | 1400 |
PEATY | David | 1862 | 11-Oct | 52 | County Hospital, Dorchester | – | Cerne Abbas | PE/CEA: RE 4/3 | 468 |
PHILLIPS | Ada | 1907 | 14-Jul | 28 | D. C. Hospital Dorchester | In margin: “Wrongly Farr” – see entry for Louisa Mary FARR | Turners Puddle | PE/TPD: RE 4/1 | 122 |
PHILLIPS | Charles | 1863 | 23-Oct | 48 | Dorset Co. Hospital | – | Turners Puddle | PE/TPD: RE 4/1 | 77 |
PORTER | Elizabeth | 1878 | 08-Jan | 85 | Fordington | Burial performed by Rev J.K. Harvey, Chaplain to Dorset county Hospital, therefore likely she died in the hospital | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/3 | 653 |
PROSSER | Jonathan | 1857 | 24-Jan | 66 | Died in Dorchester County Hospital | – | Stoke Abbott | PE/STA: RE 4/2 | 496 |
RADFORD | Edward William | 1863 | 21-Nov | 21 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Moreton | PE/MTN: RE 4/1 | 257 |
RIXTON | William G. | 1919 | 05-Jun | 37 | Upwey. Died in Dorset County Hospital | – | Upwey | PE/UPW: RE 12 | 502 |
ROBERTS | Jane | 1870 | 15-Feb | 30 | Short’s Lane (died in the Hospital) | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/3 | 167 |
ROBERTS | William | 1879 | 03-Oct | – | Short’s Lane (died in D. C. Hospital from Effects of accident) | By Coroner’s Order | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/3 | 770 |
ROLLS | David | 1877 | 20-Oct | 46 | Bradford Peverell, died in Dorset County Hospital | – | Frampton | PE/FRA: RE 4/1 | 482 |
ROLLS | Harriet | 1855 | 23-Mar | 22 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 138 |
ROOKE | Annie Maria | 1879 | 31-May | 36 | Loud’s Road (she died in the County Hospital) | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/3 | 759 |
RUDD | James | 1849 | 27-May | 27 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/1 | 738 |
SAMWAYS | Thomas | 1857 | 22-May | 19 | County Hospital | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/2 | 877 |
SATCHELL | Henry | 1858 | 17-Jul | 13 | From ye Dorset County Hospital, of this place | – | Charminster | PE/CMR: RE 4/1 | 775 |
SAUNDERS | Joseph | 1847 | 10-Jan | 17 | Dorchester died in hospital | – | Frampton | PE/FRA: RE 4/1 | 239 |
SERGANT | John | 1852 | 18-Mar | 63 | The County Hospital | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/2 | 482 |
SMITH | Charles | 1854 | 06-Dec | 36 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 109 |
SOPER | Charles | 1880 | 26-Jun | 19 | Fordington. (Died in the County Hospital) | – | Fordington St. George | PE/FOR(SG): RE 4/3 | 822 |
SPENCER | John | 1847 | 08-Aug | 17 | Lamberts Castle. Died in Hospital Dorchester | – | Frampton | PE/FRA: RE 4/1 | 250 |
SQUIRES | Emily | 1886 | 23-Oct | 36 | Bovington “died in the [Dorset County?] Hospital” | – | Stratton | PE/STR: RE 4/1 | 463 |
STEERS | Martha | 1856 | 22-Feb | 58 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 176 |
STRONG | John | 1847 | 19-Jul | 26 | The County Hospital | By Coroner’s Order | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/1 | 677 |
SWAFFIELD | Mary Ann | 1918 | 09-Dec | 84 | “The Infirmary, Dorchester” [Dorset County Hospital?] | – | Stratton | PE/STR: RE 4/1 | 643 |
SWYER | Charlotte | 1851 | 17-Jul | 34 | Died in the Dorset County Hospital but usually resident in Lytchett Matravers | – | Lytchett Matravers | PE/LMA: RE 4/1 | 444 |
TIZARD | James | 1860 | 15-Feb | 84 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Melcombe Horsey | PE/MCH RE 4/1 | 223 |
TURNER | Jesse | 1847 | 11-Jun | 11 | The County Hospital | Son of Jesse & Mary TURNER | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/1 | 676 |
VINCENT | George | 1855 | 07-Oct | 65 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 154 |
WARREN | Joseph | 1859 | 03-Oct | 78 | Piddle Trenhide. Died in the Dorset Hospital | – | Piddletrenthide | PE/PDT: RE 4/2 | 85 |
WELLS | Ann | 1855 | 31-Jul | 42 | Dorset County Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 152 |
WHITTLE | George | 1852 | 09-Oct | 30 | Hospital | – | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 41 |
WILLIAMS | Simeon | 1854 | 13-Oct | 15 | Patient in the Hospital died from the Effects of Gunpowder accident | “Supposed” written before age | Dorchester Holy Trinity | PE/DO (HT): RE 4/2 | 102 |