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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Broadmayne like this:
BROADMAYNE, or Broadmoigne, a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset; 2 miles S of the Southwestern railway, and 4 SE of Dorchester. It has a post office under Dorchester. Acres, 2,540. Real property, £1,902. Pop., 506. Houses, 97. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of West Knighton, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church is not good.
Broadmayne is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Broadmayne itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Broadmayne in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13544
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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