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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bincombe like this:
BINCOMBE, a parish in Weymouth district, Dorset; on the river Wey, on the Southwestern railway, and on the downs, 4½ miles S by W of Dorchester r. station. Post Town, Dorchester. Acres, 977. Real property, £1,035. Pop., 194. Houses, 41. The property is divided between two. Good stone is quarried; and there is a mineral spring. Numerous barrows are on the downs. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Broadway, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £487.* Patron, Caius College, Cambridge. The church is old but good, and has a tower.
Bincombe is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bincombe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bincombe in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13558
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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