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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Folke like this:
FOLKE, a parish in Sherborne district, Dorset; 3 miles SSE of Sherborne town and r. station. It includes the hamlet of Allweston, which has a post office under Sherborne. Acres, 1, 722. Rated property, £1, 763. Pop., 332. Houses, 70. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £300.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Salisbury and W. N. Allford, Esq. The church is tolerable.
Folke is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Folke itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Folke in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13633
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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