Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wimborne St Giles

Wimborne St Giles, par. and vil., Dorset, in E. of co.- par., 3978 ac., pop. 453; vil., 2 miles SW. of Cranborne; P.O., called St Giles. St Giles Park is the seat of the Earl of Shaftesbury; the par. includes Wimborne All Saints, a separate par. until 1732.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Wimborne St Giles AP/CP       Dorset AncC
Place names: ST GILES     |     WIMBORNE ST GILES
Place: Wimborne St Giles

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