A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Woodyates like this:
WOODYATES (West), an extra-parochial tract in Wimborne district, Dorset; 3¼ miles NE by N of Cranborne. Acres, 1,290. Pop., 20. Houses, 2.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to West Woodyates by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
| Place | Mentioned in Travel Writing | Mentioned in Hist. Gazetteer |
|---|---|---|
| Pentridge | 0 | 2 |
| East Woodyates | 0 | 1 |
| New Town | 0 | 2 |
| Bower Chalke | 0 | 2 |
| Sixpenny Handley | 0 | 4 |
| Martin | 0 | 2 |
| Ebbesbourne Wake | 0 | 2 |
| Chalk | 0 | 2 |
| Cranborne Chase | 0 | 2 |
| Fifield Bavant | 0 | 2 |
| Alvediston | 0 | 2 |
| Broad Chalke | 0 | 2 |
| Gussage St Andrew | 0 | 2 |
| Wimborne St Giles | 1 | 4 |
| Berwick St John | 0 | 2 |
| Gussage St Michael | 0 | 2 |
| Wimborne All Saints | 0 | 1 |
| Boveridge | 0 | 2 |
| Allenford | 0 | 1 |
| Tollard Farnham | 0 | 2 |