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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Arne like this:
ARNE, a parish in Wareham district, Dorset; on the W side of Poole harbour, 4 miles E of Wareham r. station. Post Town, Wareham. Acres, 4,196; of which 1,580 are water. Real property, with Earlsmead and Haymoor, £524. Pop., 139. Houses, 30. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the rectory of Wareham, in the diocese of Salisbury.
Arne is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Arne itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Arne in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13456
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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