In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wakeham like this:
WAKEHAM, a village in Portland parish, Dorset; 5½ miles SSE of Weymouth.
Additional information about this locality is available for Portland
Wakeham through time
Wakeham is now part of Weymouth and Portland district. Click here for graphs and data of how Weymouth and Portland has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wakeham itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wakeham, in Weymouth and Portland and Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26458
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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