In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described New Town like this:
NEWTON, a village in Handley parish, Dorset; 6½ miles N W of Cranborne.
Additional information about this locality is available for Sixpenny Handley
New Town through time
New Town is now part of East Dorset district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Dorset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about New Town itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of New Town in East Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26405
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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