Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Handley (or Sixpenny Handley)

Handley (or Sixpenny Handley), par. and vil., NE. Dorset, 5 miles NW. of Cranborne, 5928 ac., pop. 938; P.O.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Sixpenny Handley AP/Ch/CP       Dorset AncC
Place names: HANDLEY     |     HANDLEY OR SIXPENNY HANDLEY     |     SIXPENNY HANDLEY
Place: Sixpenny Handley

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