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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stockwood like this:
STOCKWOOD, a parish in Sherborne district, Dorset; 2 miles S by W of Yetminster. station. Post town, Sherborne. Acres, 692. Real property, £1,177. Pop., 60. Houses, 9. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £160. Patron, Mrs. E. Matthews.
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