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SHASTON (East and West), a division in the N E of Dorset; containing the liberties of Alcester, Gillingham, and Stower-Provost, and parts of the hundreds of Cranborne, Redlane, Sixpenny-Handley, and Sturminster-Newton-Castle. Acres, 39, 701. Pop. in 1851, 12, 999; in 1861, 12, 777. Houses, 2, 844.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a division" (ADL Feature Type: "locations") |
| Administrative units: | Dorset Ancient County |
| Place: | Shaftesbury |
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