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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Buckhorn Weston like this:
BUCKHORN-WESTON, a parish in the district of Wincanton and county of Dorset; on the verge of the county, and on the Salisbury and Yeovil railway, 3¼ miles WSW of Gillingham r. station, and 4 SE of Wincanton. Post Town, Gillingham, under Bath. Acres, 1,632. Real property, with Kington-Magna, £7,920. Pop., 509. Houses, 117. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £360.* Patron, Lady Stapleton.
Buckhorn Weston is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Buckhorn Weston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Buckhorn Weston in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13549
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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