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IWERNE-MINSTER, a village and a parish in Shaftesbury district, Dorset. The village stands near the head of the rivulet Iwerne, 3½ miles NE of Shillingstone r. station, and 5½ NW by N of Blandford-Forum; and has a post office‡ under Blandford. The parish comprises 2, 984 acres. Rated property, £4, 634. Pop., 712. Houses, 159. The property is divided among a few. Iwerne House is the seat of the Bowers. Iwerne down lies on the N. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £306.* Patrons, the Dean and Canons of Windsor. The church is partly Norman; and has nave, aisles, and chancel, with a spire 162 feet high. There are a Baptist chapel and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Iwerne Minster Parish Shaftesbury Poor Law Union/Registration District Dorset Ancient County |
| Place: | Iwerne Minster |
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