Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for IWERNE-STEEPLETON, or PRESTON

IWERNE-STEEPLETON, or PRESTON, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; on the rivulet Iwerne, 271/2 miles E of Shillingstone r. station, and 3½ NW of Blandford-Forum. Post town, lwerne-Courtnay, under Blandford. Acres, 773. Real property, £773. Pop., 59. Houses, 9. Steepleton House is a chief residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £81. Patron, Lord Rivers. The church is ancient.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Iwerne Stepleton Parish       Blandford Poor Law Union/Registration District       Dorset Ancient County
Place names: IWERNE STEEPLETON     |     IWERNE STEEPLETON OR PRESTON     |     PRESTON
Place: Iwerne Stepleton

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