Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Poorstock

Poorstock, par., liberty, and vil. with ry. sta. (Powerstock), Dorset - par., 4078 ac., pop. 821; liberty, pop. 357; vil., 5 miles NE. of Bridport; P.O.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, liberty, and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Powerstock AP/CP       Dorset AncC
Place: Powerstock

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