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SYDLING-ST. NICHOLAS, a parish, comprising two tythings and forming a liberty, in Dorchester district, Dorset; 2 miles ENE of Maiden-Newton r. station. It has a post-office under Dorchester, and a cattle fair on 6 Dec. Acres, 5,028. Real property, £4,921. Pop., 692. Houses, 134. The property is divided among a few. S. House is the seat of Sir J. W. Smith, Bart. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £169.* Patron, Winchester College. The church is good; and there are an Independent chapel, and an endowed school with £31 a year.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish, comprising two tythings and forming a liberty" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Sydling St Nicholas Parish Dorset Ancient County |
| Place: | Sydling St Nicholas |
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