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  Upwey, Dorset Information
Upwey is a village in south Dorset, England.
The village is situated on the A354 road in the Wey valley and has been absorbed into the Weymouth built-up area and is four miles north of the town centre in the outer suburbs.
During the Census 2001 the combined population of Upwey and neighbouring Broadwey was 4,349.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Upwey,_Dorset   (158 words)

  
 Weymouth,Dorset,England - Upwey Village, History & Heritage
Nestling quietly in the valley of the Dorset Ridgeway is Upwey, sometimes spelt Upway.
The thirteenth century church of St. Laurence, Upwey is at one end of the village, somewhat out of the way to the rest of it.
Upwey Manor is not the same building as Upwey House, which was the original Manor House as held by the Gould family, but it appears that the Gould family owned both.
www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk /upwey.html   (759 words)

  
 Upwey, Dorset, England
It is the place where the river Wey rises and a sizeable stream emerges from the ground in two springs because the permeable Portland sand and stone meet the impermeable Kimmeridge Clay.
One of the 'characters' of Weymouth between the two Great Wars was 'Surgeram' Shorey, a burly man with the red cheeked countenance of a Dickens villain, who sold logs from a horse and cart in winter, drove a horse bus for visitors in summer and swore heartily all the year round.
Upwey Mill is a large Portland stone building dating from 1802.
www.thedorsetpage.com /locations/place/U050.htm   (578 words)

  
 Bryer Family History - bryg02.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral FileBryer Family History - bryg02.htm - Generated ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Lawrence Bryer (William) was born 1682 in Upwey, Dorset and was christened 20 Apr 1682 in Upwey, Dorset.
Barborah Bryer was born 1704 in Upwey, Dorset and was christened
James Bryer was born 1710 in Upwey, Dorset and was christened 25 Mar 1710 in Upwey, Dorset.
www.grahamthomas.com /bryg02.htm   (140 words)

  
 Jasmine Cottage | Upwey | Weymouth | Dorset
Jasmine Cottage is situated in the beautiful village of Upwey on the outskirts of Weymouth in Dorset.
Upwey also has a manor house, Upwey Manor, which was owned by the Gould family.
Upwey has an excellent restaurant and two public houses serving good quality food and they are all within staggering distance.
www.jasminecottageupwey.co.uk   (488 words)

  
 Bryer Family History - bryg03.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral FileBryer Family History - bryg03.htm - Generated ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
William Bryer was born 1738 in Upwey, Dorset and was christened 28 Aug 1738 in Upwey, Dorset.
Laurence Bryer was born 1740 in Upwey, Dorset and was christened
William Bryer was born 1752 in Upwey, Dorset and was christened 23 Feb 1752 in Upwey, Dorset.
www.grahamthomas.com /bryg03.htm   (162 words)

  
 Upwey, Dorset, England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The heart of the village of Upwey lies in the upper end of a small valley running SE from the Dorset Ridgeway lined with steep-sided hills of about 250 feet in height.
Upwey is a pretty, quiet village just a short drive or bus ride away from the lovely beaches and bustling life of Weymouth.
Brook House cottages are two delightful cottages situated in the village of Upwey midway between Weymouth and the county town of Dorchester.
www.thedorsetpage.com /locations/links.asp?nkey=U050   (416 words)

  
 The Sprague Project: #02 Lt. Ralph Sprague
Ralph Sprague, eldest son, born in Upwey, County Dorset; came to Salem, MA in 1628 and from there went to Charlestown in 1629.
Ralph Sprague was husbandman, and fuller of Upwey, County Dorset, England.
Was born in 1603 in Upwey, Dorset County, England and married Joan Warren in Fordington, St. George Church, Dorchester, Dorset County, England August 15, 1623; came to Salem, Massachusetts, in 1628 with his two brothers, Richard and William, his wife and two little boys, John and Richard.
www.sprague-database.org /genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I35895&tree=SpragueProject   (5110 words)

  
 Callaway Family Association - Kellaway families of Dorset
Clearly the Broadwey property at least remained in Kellaway hands, as by the time of the next records, the Upwey and Broadwey Parish Registers from 1730, we have Henry Kellaway junior at Broadwey in 1733, and “Farmer” William Kellaway at Upwey in 1736.
In 1787 William Thomas Calloway, the son of Edward and Mary Calloway christened at St Helens Isle of Wight in 1756, appeared in Puncknowle Dorset as William Kellaway.
Elsewhere in 1731, Susannah the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Miller was c at Longburton in the north of Dorset.
www.callawayfamily.org /document/Dorset.htm   (3510 words)

  
 Upwey Dorset England DT3 UK
The Upwey Potters are a group of ceramic artists who live andamp; work in Upwey, Dorset, England, making and selling their work and running Workshops.
Upwey Potters are a group of ceramic artists who live and work in Upwey, Dorset...
UPWEY has new housing estates and a pretty village tucked away in a small wooded valley to the west.
www.dotukdirectory.co.uk /d157181.html   (213 words)

  
 buckall - pafg60 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
He died BET 6 JUN 1614 AND 13 OCT 1614 in Upwey, Dorsetshire, England and was buried on 13 Oct 1614 in Saint Lawrence Church, Upwey, Dorsetshire, England.
At that time the county of Dorset with its rolling green landscape of meadows and tillage was lush.
Edward SPRAGUE was born on 15 Dec 1601 in Fordington, Dorsetshire, England and was christened on 15 Dec 1601 in Upwey, Dorsetshire, England.
www.gbso.net /buc/buckall/pafg60.htm   (3938 words)

  
 Weymouth, Dorset, England - History & Heritage of Weymouth, Dorset & Area
Weymouth and Dorset Local History and Family History Forums - the ideal place to post your queries regarding local or family history in Weymouth or anywhere in Dorset and perhaps help others too.
Weymouth is situated in the south of the county of Dorset on the south coast of England.
Naturally, those in Dorset were the first to suffer and people fearing that they would contract it moved away.
www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk   (1785 words)

  
 Radipole, Dorset 1861 census transcription
Louisa GARLAND, dau, -, 2, -, Dorset, Radipole
Augusta A THORNER, dau, -, 1,-, Dorset, Radipole
Emily TIZARD, dau, unm, 5, -, Dorset, Radipole
www.radipole-dorset.co.uk /Radipole1861census.html   (6147 words)

  
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Ferguson; this was changed to Upwey by the influence of Mrs Tulledge, who lived in Birdwood Avenue, Upwey and had originally lived in the UpweyDorset England.
Upwey Tecoma Club, was responsible for the organising of the 'Mountain District's Bowling Association' and pennant was played in this association from 1929-1940.
In September 1941, Upwey Tecoma joined the Metropolitan competitions in 'C' grade section 5 and has continued to play in the metropolitan to the present time, except for two years during the war, when no transport was available.
members.optusnet.com.au /sjshwalters/Pages/history.htm   (1146 words)

  
 The Sprague Project: Edward Sprague   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Obviously this report was prepared for Chamberlain by Bartelot in 1923 for a footnote states that this material was received after his manuscript had gone to the printer.
These questions raised by Ruth along with some further suggestions related to this inquiry and a listing of several areas which she felt might be of special interest to us, helped greatly in making our stay there very productive as well as enjoyable.
However, any attempts to prove this tradition and to connect our line with this very intriguing story are greatly complicated by the fact that we have moved back to that period when this surname first appeared in its present form and thus its form varied from place to place and from year to year.
www.sprague-database.org /genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I35854&tree=SpragueProject   (6751 words)

  
 The Parishes of Upwey & Broadwey
Upwey [or Upway] is at the source of the Rivey Wey in a valley situated above Weymouth.
The land area is 1029 acres [compared to Upway 1785 acres] and the 1891 population was 774
Maureen has only just started as OPC for Upwey so resources available at present are limited and will be put on site on this combined page.
www.dorset-opc.com /Broadwey-Upwey.Files/Broadwey-Upwey.htm   (320 words)

  
 Upwey, Dorset financial services comparison, Upwey, Dorset UK
Upwey, Dorset financial services comparison, Upwey, Dorset UK Financial Advice Upwey, Dorset
The MoneyClick website is growing daily and as it grows, so will the Upwey financial advice sections, where you will be able to access local Upwey finance information online, with links to Upwey financial advisers and finance institutions.
In the meantime, if you are looking for financial advice, and you are unable to find the information on the MoneyClick site that you are seeking, simply call one of our trained financial advisers, on 0870 779 7000 who are waiting for your call.
www.moneyclick.co.uk /upwey-financial-services-dorset.htm   (237 words)

  
 Upwey, Upwey: St Laurence Church - Dorset | Diocese of Salisbury   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Upwey, Upwey: St Laurence Church - Dorset
We give a warm welcome to visitors and with the Upwey Wishing Well Cafe just a hundred metres away we have many people drop in to visit the Church during the week.
The congregation is in the majority - retired - though we do have some younger people and there is a Junior Church which is available every Sunday.
www.acny.org.uk /9289   (245 words)

  
 Upwey Potters Home Page
The Upwey Potters are a group of ceramic artists who live & work in Upwey, Dorset, England, making and selling their work and running Workshops.
Upwey Potters are proud to Sponsor and Host the Second Annual Fooled Me Art Exhibition - Title to be announced - see this link for archive of the 2006 event, which took South Dorset by Storm!
Upwey Potters May Day Weekend Sale - in conjunction with the Dressing of the Uwpey Wishing Well by Maggie Cooke and her team.
www.crumbleholme.plus.com /uppot.htm   (702 words)

  
 Self Catering Holiday Cottages in Dorset and Devon Picnic Bungalow Upwey Weymouth Dorset - DREAM COTTAGES FINE ENGLISH ...
Two excellent pubs and The Upwey Wishing Well which offers, home made cakes and Dorset Cream Teas are all in an easy stroll from Picnic Bungalow.
Upwey has a sparkling stream running through the village which gently passes underneath the Old Chestnut trees which have stood the test of time.
A short journey across the rolling hills of Dorset will take you to the famous Chesil coastline in the West or the Purbeck coastline in the East.
www.dream-cottages.co.uk /cottages/picnic-bungalow-weymouth   (231 words)

  
 Images of Dorset - Photographs of Upwey, Hardy's Monument
The photographs in this gallery trace the route of a 12km circular walk along the chalk and limestone ridges to the south-west of Dorchester.
Taken in mid-July, a thick layer of cirrus covered the sky for most of the day as rain clouds built to the west, giving a flat and muted edge to the images.
Starting in Upwey (SY 660 852) the path first climbs northwards onto Ridgeway Hill where it joins an inland portion of the Dorset Coast Path, from where there are views across to Maiden Castle (Iron Age hillfort) and beyond.
www.imagesofdorset.org.uk /Dorset/045/intro.htm   (388 words)

  
 Accommodation weymouth and dorchester - Riverhouse Inn, Upwey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
This very popular gastro pub with converted stable accommodation (three rooms) is situated in Upwey Village between Dorchester and Weymouth and is easy to find being off the main A354 Dorchester Road.
Ideally located for exploring Dorset the historic towns of Dorchester, Sherborne, Shaftesbury, Salisbury and Wimborne and Weymouth are all within easy reach.
The Dorset beautiful coastline famously known as the Jurassic Coast is only a five minutes away down the country lanes.
www.riverhouseinn.co.uk /default.htm   (236 words)

  
 Marina Russell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Despite the fact she was well into her 70's by 1905, she sung them 84 songs at their first visit and another 18 in 1907.
She lived in Upwey between 1871 until 1908 and during this time suffered the loss of her husband and two children.
Alone, tolerating great toil and hardship, she not only brought up her remaining children but also the illegitimate child of her daughter.
www.upweyhistorygroup.freeserve.co.uk /marina.htm   (308 words)

  
 Dorset Online Parish Clerk Project
This will include census, parish transcripts, bishop's transcripts and churchwardens accounts, overseers accounts, land tax records, postal directory extracts, church and village histories, etc. An OPC is a volunteer and should not be confused with the civil Parish Clerk appointed by a Parish Council.
There are about 275 parishes in Dorset and so far we have some data online for 274 of them, with OPC's covering 145 of these parishes.
As with everything found on the internet you should obtain proof from the primary source (in many cases this will be the Dorset History Centre).
www.dorset-opc.com   (484 words)

  
 Crumbleholme Home Page
Current work includes Raku and Soda Glazing in the kiln built by the Upwey Potters, featured in Ceramic Review Jan/Feb 2004.
Bill is involved in the RAFT artists group, based in South Dorset.
Bill and his fellow RAFT artists staged "Artyfacts" - a major project with the Dorset County Museum during 2004, in which artists created their responses to articles on display.
www.crumbleholme.plus.com   (844 words)

  
 Old Photos of Upwey in Dorset, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain
Old Photos of Upwey in Dorset, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain.
Old Photos of Upwey in Dorset in England.
If you have any old, vintage, historical, edwardian or victorian pictures of Dorset, from the earliest days of photography, right up to the 1960's, then please do scan them for display and preservation on this site.
www.oldukphotos.com /dorset_upwey.htm   (104 words)

  
 William Bucklin, Part 2, American History, Rhode Island, Genealogy
And the Dorset supporters of the Massachusetts Bay Colony were such that there were two great groups of immigrants from Dorset
And William Sprague was sent specifically to help with the surveying and decisions on the place the Winthrop fleet would land and set up the colony.
Sprague came from Upwey, Dorset, (with his brothers Ralph and Richard in 1628) to Salem.
www.bucklinsociety.net /wm1_story_part2.htm   (852 words)

  
 Royal Standard, Upwey, Dorset - pub details # beerintheevening.com
Address: 700 Dorchester Road, Upwey, Weymouth, Dorset, DT3 5LA [map] [gmap]
Upwey (0.7 miles), Weymouth (3.4 miles), Dorchester West (3.9 miles)
Riverhouse Inn, Upwey (0.3 miles), New Inn, Upwey (0.6 miles)
www.beerintheevening.com /pubs/s/28/28571/Royal_Standard/Upwey   (161 words)

  
 Upwey Estate Agents Letting Mortgages Home Insurance Loans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Upwey Estate Agents and Letting Agents, plus local information on Mortgages, Home Insurance, Home Loans, Conveyancing, Architects, Surveyors and Builders in Upwey.
Find homes, commercial properties, flats, apartments, rentals, bungalows, land for development, and more, including things to do in Upwey, jobs in Upwey, hotels and accomodation and more in and around Dorset.
LutonHomes provides a number of free estate agent advertising options and a number of premium estate agent advertising options.
www.lutonhomes.com /town/Upwey/6445/estate_agents.htm   (590 words)

  
 Accommodation in Upwey hotels and lodgings - ASE.net
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