Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HOUGHTON-WINTERBORNE

HOUGHTON-WINTERBORNE, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; 4½ miles WSW of Blandford r. station. Post town, Blandford. Acres, 1, 923. Real property, £1, 350. Pop., 284. Houses, 55. The manor belonged to the Despencers. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £180.* Patron, Mrs. Michell. The church is ancient, and has a tower.


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

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Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Winterborne Houghton CP/AP       Blandford RegD/PLU       Dorset AncC
Place: Winterborne Houghton

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