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.
OWERMOIGNE, a village, a parish, and a liberty in Weymouth district, Dorset. The village stands 2¾ miles S by W of Moreton r. station, and 6 S E by E of Dorchester; and has a post-office under Dorchester, and a fair on 10 Oct. The parish contains also the hamlets of Galton and Southdown, and comprises 3, 271 acres. Real property, £3, 285. Pop., 420. Houses, 82. The property is divided among a few. Much of the land is heathy. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £309.* Patron, John Cree, Esq. The church has an embattled tower, and was recently in disrepair. Charities, £33. The liberty is conterminate with the parish.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a parish, and a liberty" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Owermoigne AP/CP Weymouth RegD/PLU Dorset AncC |
| Place: | Owermoigne |
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