In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stratton like this:
STRATTON, a parish, with two hamlets, in Dorchester district, Dorset; on the river Frome and on the Dorchester and Yeovil railway, 3½ miles NW of Dorchester. It has a post-office under Dorchester. Acres, 1,683. Real property, £2,306. Pop., 351. Houses, 74. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Charminster. The church is good.
Stratton through time
Stratton 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 Stratton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stratton in West Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13943
Date accessed: 29th April 2024
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