A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CORFE-MULLEN; a parish in Wimborne district, Dorset; on the Roman road from Poole, near the river Stour and the Southampton and Dorset railway, 2½ miles SW of Wimborne-Minster. It has a post office under Wimborne. Acres, 3, 086. Real property, £3, 335. Pop., 724. Houses, 165. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, under the vicarage of Sturminster-Marshall, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £386.* Patron, Eton College. The church was, not long ago, enlarged; and is good. There is a Wesleyan chapel. A school has £40 from endowment; and other charities £80.
(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: | Corfe Mullen Ch/CP Wimborne and Cranborne RegD/PLU Dorset AncC |
| Place: | Corfe Mullen |
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