In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Winterborne Clenston like this:
WINTERBORNE-CLENSTONE, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; 4 miles SW of Blandford r. station-Post town, Blandford. Acres, 1,406. Real property, £1,350. Pop., 106. Houses, 20. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £160.* Patrons, alternately the Pleydelland the Damer families-Three churches formerly were here; and the present church was rebuilt in 1840.
Winterborne Clenston through time
Winterborne Clenston 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 Winterborne Clenston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Winterborne Clenston in North Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14004
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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