Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Moreton

Moreton, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Dorset, on river Frome, 7 miles E. of Dorchester, 2311 ac., pop. 309; P.O.; near vil. is Moreton House, seat.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and village with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Moreton CP/AP       Dorset AncC
Place: Moreton

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