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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Leweston like this:
LEWESTON, an extra-parochial tract in Sherborne district, Dorset; 3¼ miles S of Sherborne. Acres, 540. Pop., 17. Houses, 3. Leweston House is the seat of R. Gordon, Esq.
Leweston is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Leweston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Leweston in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13686
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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