In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Milton like this:
MILTON (WEST), a chapelry in Poorstock parish, Dorset; on the river Asker, 1½ mile W by N of Poorstock r. station, and 3½ NE by N of Bridport. Posttown, Poorstock, under Bridport. Rated property, about £1,000. Pop., 244. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Poorstock, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church is ancient.
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West Milton through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Milton in West Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25413
Date accessed: 15th May 2024
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