Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MANSTON

MANSTON, a parish in Sturminster district, Dorset; on the river Stour, 2 miles ENE of Sturminster-Newton r. station-Post town, Sturminster-Newton, under Blandford. Acres, 1,323. Real property, with Hanmoon, £4,585. Rated property of M. alone, £2,599. Pop., 152. Houses, 28. The property is subdivided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of SalisburyValne, £400. Patron, J. T. Leather, Esq. The church is ancient, with a tower; and the chancel was restored and beautified in 1869. There is a parochial school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Manston AP/CP       Sturminster RegD/PLU       Dorset AncC
Place: Manston

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