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HOLME (East), a parish in Wareham district, Dorset; on the river Frome, 2 miles SW by W of Wareham r. station. Post town, Wareham. Acres, 1, 200. Real property, with West Holme, £835. Pop., 50. Houses, 11. The manor belongs to N. Bond, Esq. A small priory, a cell to Montacute abbey, was founded here in the time of Edward I. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £50. Patron, N. Bond, Esq. The church was built in 1866.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | East Holme Parish Wareham and Purbeck Poor Law Union/Registration District Dorset Ancient County |
| Place names: | EAST HOLME | HOLME | HOLME EAST |
| Place: | East Holme |
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