Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COGDEAN

COGDEAN, a hamlet and a hundred in Dorset. The hamlet is in Sturminster-Marshall parish; and lies 2 miles SW of Wimborne-Minster. The hundred is in Blandford division; lies around the hamlet; and contams seven parishes. Acres, 32, 960. Pop., 463. Houses, 164.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet and a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Dorset Ancient County
Place: Cogdean

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