Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Woodlands

Woodlands, par., Dorset, in NE. of co., 4½ miles NW. of Ringwood, 2561 ac., pop. 453; in a ditch here the Duke of Monmouth was captured after the battle of Sedgemoor.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Woodlands Parish       Dorset Ancient County
Place: Woodlands

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