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.
CHALBURY, a parish in Wimborne district, Dorset; near the Roman road from Dorchester, 3 miles NNE of Bailey-Gate r. station, and 5 N by E of WimborneMinster. It includes Didlington tything; and its Post Town is Horton, under Wimborne. Acres, 1,344. Real property, £1,409. Pop., 194. Houses, 41. The property is divided among a few. Part of the land is high; has an ancient entrenchment; and commands a fine view, to the sea. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £168.* Patron, the Earl of Pembroke. The church is tolerable.
(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: | Chalbury AP/CP Wimborne and Cranborne RegD/PLU Dorset AncC |
| Place: | Chalbury |
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