Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Cerne Abbas

Cerne Abbas, small market town and par., mid. Dorset, on river Cerne, 7 miles N. of Dorchester, 3063 ac., pop. 925; P.O., T.O., called Cerne. Market-day, Wednesday.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "small market town and parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Cerne Abbas AP/CP       Dorset AncC
Place names: CERNE     |     CERNE ABBAS
Place: Cerne Abbas

Go to the linked place page for a location map, and for access to other historical writing about the place. Pages for linked administrative units may contain historical statistics and information on boundaries.