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.
STURMINSTER, a district and a division in the N of Dorset. The district lies around Sturminster-Newton, contains 19 parishes, and is divided into the sub-districts of Sturminster and Stalbridge. Acres, 37,474. Poor rates, in 1863, £7,039. Pop., 10,334. Houses, 2,279. Marriages in 1863, 89; births, 351-of which 21 were illegitimate; deaths, 217,-of which 69 were at ages under 5 years, and 13 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 779; births, 3,243; deaths, 2,077. The places of worship, in 1851, were 20 of the Church of England, with 5,130 sittings; 3 of Independents, with 455 s.; 1 of Quakers, with 160 s.; 8 of Wesleyans, with 638 s.; 10 of Primitive Methodists, with 745 s.; 2 of Latter Day Saints, with 86 attendants; and 1 of Roman Catholics, with 72 at. The schools were 16 public day-schools, with 770 scholars; 30 private day-schools, with 496 s.; and 25 Sunday schools, with 1,411 s.-The division comprises Brownshall hundred, and parts of Sturminster-Newton, Whiteway, Sherborne, Redlane, Pimperne, and Cranborne hundreds. Acres, 42,243. Pop., 11,455. Houses, 2,513.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a district and a division" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Sturminster RegD/PLU Dorset AncC |
| Place: | Sturminster Newton |
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