Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Poxwell (or Pokeswell)

Poxwell (or Pokeswell), par., Dorset, in SE. of co., 5 miles NE. of Wey mouth, 887 ac., pop. 86; has remains of a Druidical circle.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Poxwell CP/AP       Dorset AncC
Place names: POKESWELL     |     POXWELL     |     POXWELL OR POKESWELL
Place: Poxwell

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