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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Moor Crichel like this:
CRITCHELL-MOORE, a parish in Wimborne district, Dorset; on the Roman road from Old Sarum, 6 miles SW of Cranborne, and 6 N by E of Sturminster r. station. It includes the hamlet of Manswood; and its post town is Long-Critchell, under Salisbury. Acres, 1, 705. Real property, £2, 084. Pop., 342. ...
Houses. 67. The property is all in one estate. Critchell-Moore House is the seat of H.Sturt, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Long Critchell, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £371.* Patron, H.Sturt, Esq. The church has monuments of the Uredales and others; and is good.
Moor 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 Moor Crichel itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Moor Crichel in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13624
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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