Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Sturminster Marshall

Sturminster Marshall, par. and vil., Dorset, in E. of co.- par., 3851 ac., pop. 809; vil., on river Stour, 4 miles W. of Wimborne; P.O.; is a place of some antiquity, and was once a market town. The Stour is here crossed by an 8-arched bridge.


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

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Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Sturminster Marshall AP/CP       Dorset AncC
Place: Sturminster Marshall

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