Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CHALDON-BOYS, or West Chaldon

CHALDON-BOYS, or West Chaldon, a quondam parish in Wareham district, Dorset; near the coast, 10½ miles WSW of Wareham. It was incorporated, in 1446, with Chaldon-Herring.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a quondam parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Chaldon Boys AP       Wareham and Purbeck RegD/PLU       Dorset AncC
Place names: CHALDON BOYS     |     CHALDON BOYS OR WEST CHALDON     |     WEST CHALDON
Place: Chaldon Boys

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