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GRIMSTONE, a hamlet in Stratton parish, Dorset; near the Yeovil and Dorchester railway, 4½ miles NW of Dorchester. It has a station on the railway, jointly with Frampton. Real property, £681. Pop., 72. A tunnel of the railway, in the vicinity, passes thringh chalk, and is 600 yards long.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Stratton Parish Dorset Ancient County |
| Place: | Grimstone |
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