A vision of Britain through time
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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.
CHARMINSTER, a village and a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset. The village stands on a branch of the river From, adjacent to the Dorchester and Yeovil railway, 2 miles NNW of Dorchester; and has a post office under Dorchester. The parish contains also the hamlets of Burton and Forston, and the county lunatic asylum. Acres, 4,095. Real property, £2,608. Pop., 1,020. Houses, 148. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Stratton, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £137. Patron, Henry Pickard, Esq. The church is very good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Charminster CP/AP Dorset AncC |
| Place: | Charminster |
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