Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wyke Regis

Wyke Regis, par., liberty, and vil., Dorset, in S. of co.- par. (partly within the municipal limits of Weymouth), 1702 ac., pop. 2748, pop. of municipal part 1250; liberty (Wyke Regis and Elwell), 1336 ac., pop. 1498; vil., on an eminence 2 miles SW. of Weymouth; P.O.,. called Wyke; the church (15th century) is the mother church of Weymouth; there is an endowed national school.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish, liberty, and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Wyke Regis AP/CP       Dorset AncC
Place: Wyke Regis

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