In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Up Cerne like this:
CERNE (Upper), a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset; on the river Cerne, 1½ mile N by W of Cerne-Abbas, and 4 E by S of Evershot r. station. Post Town, Cerne, under Dorchester. Acres, 1,103. Real property, with Cerne-Abbas, £6,389. Pop., 75. Houses, 13. The property is all in one estate. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £152.* Patron, J. White, Esq. The church was reported in 1859 as very bad.
Up Cerne through time
Up Cerne 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 Up Cerne itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Up Cerne in West Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13593
Date accessed: 10th June 2024
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