In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Caundle Marsh like this:

CAUNDLE-MARSH, a parish in Sherborne district, Dorset; 3¾ miles S by W of Milborne-Port r. station, and 4 SE of Sherborne. Post Town, Bishops-Caundle, under Sherborne. Acres, 792. Real property, 1,128. Pop., 84. Houses, 16. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £143. Patron, Sir H. A. Hoare, Bart.

Caundle Marsh through time

Caundle Marsh is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Caundle Marsh itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Caundle Marsh in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13591

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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