In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitcombe like this:
WHITCOMBE, a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset; 2 miles SE of Dorchester r. station. Post town, Dorchester. Acres, 540. Real property, £800. Pop., 71. Houses, 12. The living is a donative in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £13. Patron, Capt. L. D. Damer. The church is good.
Whitcombe through time
Whitcombe is now part of West Dorset district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Dorset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whitcombe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitcombe in West Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13999
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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