Search for a place
Search for a place
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Charminster like this:
CHARMINSTER, a village and a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset. The village stands on a branch of the river From, adjacent to the Dorchester and Yeovil railway, 2 miles NNW of Dorchester; and has a post office under Dorchester. The parish contains also the hamlets of Burton and Forston, and the county lunatic asylum. Acres, 4,095. Real property, £2,608. Pop., 1,020. Houses, 148. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage, united with the vicarage of Stratton, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £137. Patron, Henry Pickard, Esq. The church is very good.
Charminster is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Charminster itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Charminster in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13598
Date accessed: 23rd January 2026
Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within A Vision of Britain through Time, and maybe some references to other places called "Charminster".
