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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Chaldon Herring like this:
CHALDON-HERRING, or East Chaldon, a parish in Wareham district, Dorset; near the coast, 3¾ miles S of Moreton r. station, and 9½ WSW of Wareham. Post Town, Winfrith, under Dorchester. Acres, 2,981. Real property, with Chaldon-Boys and Holworth, £3,285. Pop., 341. Houses, 63. The property is all in one estate. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £62. Patron, Joseph Weld, Esq. The church is good.
Chaldon Herring is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Chaldon Herring itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Chaldon Herring in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13596
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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