Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHELBOROUGH (East), or Luccombe

CHELBOROUGH (East), or Luccombe, a parish in Beaminster district, Dorset; on the Roman road from Dorchester, at the verge of the county, 3½ miles WSW of Yetminster r. station, and 6½ NE of Beaminster. Post town, Melbury-Osmond, under Dorchester. Acres, 948. Rated property, £1, 242. Pop., 93. Houses, 18. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £340.* Patron, MissF. Hildyard. The church is good.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: East Chelborough CP/AP       Beaminster RegD/PLU       Dorset AncC
Place names: CHELBOROUGH     |     CHELBOROUGH EAST     |     CHELBOROUGH EAST OR LUCCOMBE     |     EAST CHELBOROUGH     |     LUCCOMBE
Place: East Chelborough

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