Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Stower Provost

Stower Provost, par., liberty, and vil., in N. of Dorset - par. and liberty, 2777 ac., pop. 726; the vil. is 1 m. SW. of East Stower and 5 m. SW. of Shaftesbury.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, liberty, and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Stour Provost AP/CP       Dorset AncC
Place: Stour Provost

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