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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Knighton like this:
KNIGHTON (WEST), a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset; near the Southwestern railway, 4 miles SE of Dorchester. It includes the hamlets of Fryer-Mayne, Little Mayne, and Lewell; and its post town is Dorchester. Acres, 2, 339. Real property, £1, 357. Pop., 268. Houses, 58. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Broadmayne, in the diocese of Salisbury. Valne, £332. * Patron, the Rev. W. Urquhart. The church was recently repaired. Charities, £10.
West Knighton is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Knighton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Knighton in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13681
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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