Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for WOOLLAND

WOOLLAND, a parish in Sturminster district, Dorset; 4¼ miles SW of Shillingstone r. station, and 7 W by N of Blandford. It has a post-office under Blandford. Acres, 1,098. Real property, with Ibberton, £3,185. Pop., 132. Houses, 27. The manor belongs to M. Williams, Esq. The living is a donative in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, not reported. Patron, M. Williams, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1857. There is a Wesleyan chapel.


(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: Wooland AP/CP       Sturminster RegD/PLU       Dorset AncC
Place: Wooland

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