In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Batcombe like this:
BATCOMBE, a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset; 2 miles ESE of Evershot r. station, and 3 ¼. NW of Cerne-Abbas. It includes Newland tything; and its Post Town is Cerne under Dorchester. Acres, 1,109. Rated property, £1,035. Pop., 184. Houses, 37. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Frome-Vauchurch, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church is old and small.
Batcombe through time
Batcombe is now part of West Dorset district. Click here for graphs and data of how West Dorset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Batcombe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Batcombe, in West Dorset and Somerset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13513
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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