in 1878 stands to the East and the now disused Temperance Hall built in 1907 stands to the West. Records in Dorset County Records Office, Dorchester The Longburton parish registers begin in 1589 (marriages and burials) or 1590 (baptisms). The latter continue without gaps to 1865. Marriages are likewise complete to 1842, except for the one year 1812. Burials are missing for 1797–1601 and 1804, and have not been deposited after 1812. There are banns for 1824–45 and 1869–1940. There is a printed copy of the register to 1812, while typescripts are available for the whole register for 1813–1837, burials being extended to 1865. Churchwardens' accounts cover a remarkable span from 1634 to 1897 with just two short gaps. Accounts for the Overseers of the Poor survive for 1681–1759; there are six settlement orders, nine removal orders and one bastardy order. A court book of the Manors of Long Burton and Holnest survives for 1523 to 1609. There are deeds for various properties from 1705 onwards in the archive D/FFO in the County Record Office. One dated 1702/3 relates to property in Long Burton, Little Burton and Leweston. The tithe map of 1843–4 has an attached apportionment. Another map of 1768 shows lands in Long Burton and Holnest. A facsimile record of land given for a school by J.S.W.S. Erle-Drax, Lord of the Manor, has also been deposited. The school records include log-books for 1872–1900 and 1920–1949 and an attendance register for 1853–1887. Minutes and accounts of the Longburton parish council are deposited for 1894 to 1935. Notable residents The most notable resident of Longburton was Reverend Charles Herbert Mayo, the antiquarian who was vicar of Longburton from 1872 to 1912. More prosaically, in 1664 the probate inventory of the late Henry Gumbleton, village blacksmith was valued at £18-13-08. References 'Spotlight on Longburton', The Greenwood Tree, 23.3 (August 1998), Somerset & Dorset Family History Society Dorset Churches. (Dorchester: Dorset Historic Churches Trust, 1988) Wendy Fox, ‘Transcription of will of Henry Gumbleton’, Gumbleton Compendia, https://web.archive.org/web/20071009200052/http://www.gumbleton.com/compendium/wills/will9.html, 2000 John Hutchins, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset, 3rd ed., edited by William Shipp and J. W. Hodson, (Westminster: J.B. Nichols, 1861–1873). Arthur Mee, The King's England: Dorset. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1939, p. x. John Newman and Nikolaus Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Dorset. (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1972). Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County