Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MARTINSTOWN

MARTINSTOWN, a village in the S of Dorset; 3 miles W SW of Dorchester. It has a post office under Dorchester, and a fair on 22 and 23 Nov.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Dorset Ancient County
Place: Winterborne St Martin

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