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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Burleston like this:
BURLESTONE, a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset; on the river Piddle, 4 miles NNW of Moreton r. station, and 7 ENE of Dorchester. Post Town, Piddletown, under Dorchester. Acres, 374. Real property, £561. Pop., 45. Houses, 7. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Athelampstone, in the diocese of Salisbury.
Burleston is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Burleston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Burleston in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13553
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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