A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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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.
DURWESTON, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; on the river Stour, adjacent to the Mid-Dorset railway, 2¼ miles NW of Blandford-Forum. It includes Knighton; and has a post office under Blandford. Acres, 1, 763. Real property, £1, 751. Pop., 364. Houses, 68. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Bryanston, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £538.* Patron, Lord Portman. The church was rebuilt in 1850, after designs by Hardwick; is in the early English style; and has a tower.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Durweston AP/CP Blandford RegD/PLU Dorset AncC |
| Place: | Durweston |
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