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.
BROADWAY, a village and a parish in Weymouth district, Dorset. The village stands on the river Wey, near the Weymouth railway, 3½ miles N by W of Weymouth; and has a fair on the Wednesday before 18 Sept. The parish includes also Little Moor hamlet, and part of Nottington hamlet; and its Post Town is Radipole, under Weymouth. Acres, 1,029. Real property, £5,072. Pop., 614. Houses, 133. The property is much subdivided. Stone is quarried. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Bincombe, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church is good; and there are charities £9.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Broadway AP/CP Weymouth RegD/PLU Dorset AncC |
| Place: | Broadway |
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