Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Motecombe

Motecombe, par. and vil., Dorset, 1½ mile NW. of Shaftesbury, 4841 ac., pop. 1411; P.O., T.O.; market gardening is carried on; Motcombe House is a seat of the Duke of Westminster.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Dorset AncC
Place: Motcombe

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