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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Farnham like this:
FARNHAM, a parish in Wimborne district, Dorset; near the boundary with Wilts, 7 miles WNW of Cranborne, and 8 NE by N of Blandford r. station. It has a post office under Blandford, and a fair on 21 Aug. Acres, 402. Real property, with Ashmore, £3, 420. Pop., 121. Houses, 26. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £149.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor.
Farnham is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Farnham itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rokeby, in Dorset and Yorkshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13629
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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