In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shapwick like this:
SHAPWICK, a parish, with a village, in Wimborne district, Dorset; on the river Stour, 2¼ miles S E of Spetisbury r. station, and 4½ S S E of Blandford. It has a post-office under Bland ford. Acres, 3, 670. Real property, £4, 256. Pop., 446. Houses, 89. The manor belongs to E. G. Banks, Esq. A Carthusian priory, a cell to Sheen in Surrey, was founded here in 1414. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £379.* Patron, E. G. Banks, Esq. The church is ancient. There is a national school.
Shapwick through time
Shapwick is now part of East Dorset district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Dorset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Shapwick itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shapwick in East Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13875
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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