Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Compton, Over

Compton, Over, par., N. Dorset, 2 miles NW. of Sherborne, 788 ac., pop. 142.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Over Compton AP/CP       Dorset AncC
Place names: COMPTON     |     COMPTON OVER     |     OVER COMPTON
Place: Over Compton

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