Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for RADIPOLE

RADIPOLE, a village and a parish in Weymouth district, Dorset. The village stands on the river Wey, at theinlet to Weymouth harbour, 2 miles N N W of Weymouth r. station; is embowered in trees; and has a post-office under Weymouth, and a sulphurous mineral spring and bathing establishment. The parish is partly within Weymouth borough; and comprises 1, 308 acres of land and 30 of water. Real property, £4, 996. Pop., 691. Houses, 127. Pop. of the W. borough portion, 401. Houses, 76. The manor belonged to Cerne abbey. Villas and other houses were recently built on the road leading to Weymouth; and Nottington House, Corfe Hill, and others are chief residences. A pretty walk goes along the shore toward Weymouth. The living is a rector ., annexed to the rectory of Melcombe-Regis, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church has recently been restored. The churchyard contains the graves of 80 persons, drowned in the wreck of the " Abergavenny, " off Portland, in 1805. There are chapels for Independents and Roman Catholics.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Radipole AP/CP       Weymouth RegD/PLU       Dorset AncC
Place: Radipole

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