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PARLEY (West), a parish in Wimborne district, Dorset; on the river Stour, contiguous to Hants, 5 miles E S E of Wimborne r. station. Post-town, Wimborne. Acres, 3, 407. Real property, £1, 914. Pop., 268. Houses, 81. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £195. Patron, Mrs. Mary Buller. The church is ancient; and there is an Independentchapel.
(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: | West Parley AP/CP Wimborne and Cranborne RegD/PLU Dorset AncC |
Place names: | PARLEY | PARLEY WEST | WEST PARLEY |
Place: | West Parley |
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