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Hyle Farm, Limekiln Farm and Ridout’s Mill, Sherborne

The earliest point that Christopher Ridout is known to have had some interest in the Primsley tithing of Sherborne was in 1709, when he was forty years old. Christopher was an assignee of Thomas Hobbs, a gentleman, who held the lease … Continue reading

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Linking William of Hyle and Christopher Ridout

Christopher Ridout, miller and yeoman of Sherborne, son of John and Elizabeth Ridout (neé Oliver), was undoubtedly a descendant of William Ridout of Hyle but in decades of research by different individuals, it has been difficult to determine the exact … Continue reading

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