Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Dorchester

Dorchester, par., township, and vil., in co. and 9 miles SE. of Oxford -- par., 2633 ac. (47 water), pop. 1012; township, 1954 ac., pop. 813; P.O., T.O.; contains Dorchester Manor.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, township, and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Dorchester CP/AP       Oxfordshire AncC
Place: Dorchester

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