In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shillingstone like this:
SHILLINGSTONE, or Shilling-Okeford, a village and a parish in Sturminster district, Dorset. The village stands on an eminence, adjacent to the river Stour and to the Somerset and Dorset railway, 5½ miles NW of Blandford; and has a r. station with telegraph, a post-office‡ under Blandford, and part of an ancient cross. ...
The parish comprises 2,223 acres. Rated property, £2,869. Pop., 509. Houses, 119. The manor belongs to Lord Rivers. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £460.* Patron, Exeter College, Oxford. The church is good; and there are a Wesleyan chapel and a national school.
Shillingstone through time
Shillingstone is now part of North Dorset district. Click here for graphs and data of how North Dorset has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Shillingstone itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shillingstone in North Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13876
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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