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EDMONDSHAM, a parish in Wimborne district, Dorset; 1½ mile S of Cranborne, and 6 NW by N of Ringwood r. station. It includes West Worth; and its post town is Cranborne, under Salisbury. Acres, 1, 671. Real property, £2, 040. Pop., 279. Houses, 61. The property is divided among a few. Edmonsham House is the seat of Mrs. Monro. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Valne, £277: Patrons, the Earl of Shaftesbury and Mrs. Monro. The church is tolerable; and there are charities £14.
(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: | Edmondsham Parish Wimborne and Cranborne Poor Law Union/Registration District Dorset Ancient County |
| Place: | Edmondsham |
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