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BUCKLAND-RIPERS, a parish in Weymouth district, Dorset; near the Weymouth railway, 3 miles NW by N of Melcombe-Regis. It includes part of Nottington hamlet; and its Post Town is Radipole, under Weymouth. Acres, 1,237. Rated property, £1,189. Pop., 113. Houses, 27. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £176. Patron, Q. H. Stroud, Esq. The church is good.
(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: | Buckland Ripers Parish Weymouth Poor Law Union/Registration District Dorset Ancient County |
| Place: | Buckland Ripers |
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