In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Verwood like this:
VERWOOD, or Fairwood, a chapelry in Cranborne parish, Dorset; on the Salisbury and Dorset railway, 4 miles SE of Cranborne. It has a post-office under Salisbury and a r. station. Pop., 685. The living is annexed to Cranborne.
Verwood through time
Verwood 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 Verwood itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Verwood in East Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13995
Date accessed: 19th March 2025
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