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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HANDLEY, a village and a parish in Wimborne district, Dorset. The village stands near the boundary with Wilts, 5 miles NW of Cranborne, and 10 NE of Blandford r. station; was once a market town; and has a post office, under Salisbury. The parish includes also the villages of Newton and Deanlane; contains the tythings of Gussage, Minchington, and Woodcutts; and is sometimes called Sixpenny-Handley. Acres, 5, 928. Real property, £6, 531. Pop., 1, 203. Houses, 264. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to Lord Rivers. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Gussage-St. Andrew, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £63.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Windsor. The church is ancient, in tolerable condition; and has an embattled tower. There are a Wesleyan chapel, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Sixpenny Handley AP/Ch/CP Wimborne and Cranborne RegD/PLU Dorset AncC |
| Place: | Sixpenny Handley |
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