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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Fordington like this:
FORDINGTON (West), a chapelry in Fordington parish, Dorchester district, Dorset; in the western vicinity of Dorchester town and r. station. Post town, Dorchester. The chapelry was constituted in 1847. Pop., 1, 059. Houses, 113. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, not reported. Patron, the Vicar of Fordington.
West Fordington is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Fordington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Fordington in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25799
Date accessed: 17th February 2026
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