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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Grimstone like this:
GRIMSTONE, a hamlet in Stratton parish, Dorset; near the Yeovil and Dorchester railway, 4½ miles NW of Dorchester. It has a station on the railway, jointly with Frampton. Real property, £681. Pop., 72. A tunnel of the railway, in the vicinity, passes thringh chalk, and is 600 yards long.
Grimstone is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Grimstone itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Grimstone in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25016
Date accessed: 17th February 2026
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