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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Long Crichel like this:
CRITCHELL (Long), a parish in Wimborne district, Dorset; on the Roman road from Old Sarum, 6 miles WSW of Cranborne, and 6½ NNE of Spettisbury r. station. It has a post office under Salisbury. Acres, 1,869. Real property, 1, 244. Pop., 145. Houses, 26. The property forms two manors, Critchell-Gonis on the west, and Critchell-Lucy on the east. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Critchell-Moore, in the diocese of Salisbury.
Long Crichel is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Long Crichel itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Long Crichel in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13623
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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