In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lytchett Matravers like this:
LYTCHETT-MATRAVERS, a village and a parish in Poole district, Dorset. The village stands on a hill, 3 miles NNW of Bailey-Gate r. station, and 6½ NW of Poole; commands a fine view; and has a post office under Poole. The parish comprises 3,329 acres. Real property, £4,259. Pop., 855. ...
Houses, 186. The property is much subdivided. The manor belonged once to the Matravers family, and belongs now to H. D. Trenchard, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £551.* Patron, Wadham College, Oxford. The church is ancient but good; and contains a monument to Lord Matravers, and several other monuments. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, and national schools.
Lytchett Matravers through time
Lytchett Matravers is now part of Purbeck district. Click here for graphs and data of how Purbeck has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lytchett Matravers itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lytchett Matravers, in Purbeck and Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13695
Date accessed: 01st December 2023
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