In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chesilton like this:
CHESILTON, a village on Portland Island, Dorset; at the south-east end of Chesil-Bank, adjacent to Fortunes-Well, 3¼ miles S of Weymouth.
Additional information about this locality is available for Portland
Chesilton through time
Chesilton 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 Chesilton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chesilton, in Weymouth and Portland and Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24918
Date accessed: 28th April 2024
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