Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for HAMMOON

HAMMOON, a parish in Sturminster district, Dorset; on the river Stour; 2 miles E of Sturminster Newton r. station. Post town, Sturminster Newton, under Blandford. Acres, 677. Real property, with Manston, £4, 585. Rated property of H. alone, £1, 394. Pop., 74. Houses, 17. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £233.* Patron, G. Meech, Esq. The church is old, but good.


(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: Hammoon AP/CP       Sturminster RegD/PLU       Dorset AncC
Place: Hammoon

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