In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Coombs Ditch like this:
COOMBS-DITCH, a hundred in Blandford and Wareham divisions, Dorset. It lies around Blandford: and contains nine parishes. Acres, 9, 886. Pop., 1, 438. Houses, 282.
Coombs Ditch through time
Coombs Ditch is now part of North Dorset district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Dorset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Coombs Ditch itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Coombs Ditch in North Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21193
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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