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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chalbury like this:
CHALBURY, a parish in Wimborne district, Dorset; near the Roman road from Dorchester, 3 miles NNE of Bailey-Gate r. station, and 5 N by E of WimborneMinster. It includes Didlington tything; and its Post Town is Horton, under Wimborne. Acres, 1,344. Real property, £1,409. Pop., 194. Houses, 41. The property is divided among a few. Part of the land is high; has an ancient entrenchment; and commands a fine view, to the sea. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £168.* Patron, the Earl of Pembroke. The church is tolerable.
Chalbury is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chalbury itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chalbury in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13595
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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