Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WRAXALL

WRAXALL, a parish in Beaminster district, Dorset; 2½ miles NW of Maiden-Newton r. station. Post town, Maiden-Newton, under Dorchester. Acres, 952. Rated property, £998. Pop., 83. Houses, 15. The living is a rectory, annexed to Rampisham. The church is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wraxall CP/AP       Beaminster RegD/PLU       Dorset AncC
Place: Wraxall

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