Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BLACKDOWN

BLACKDOWN, a village in Broadwinsor parish, Dorset; 5½ miles WNW of Beaminster. It forms a curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Broadwinsor.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Broadwindsor Parish       Dorset Ancient County
Place: Blackdown

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