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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lillington like this:
LILLINGTON, a parish in Sherborne district, Dorset; 2¾ miles SSW of Sherborne r. station. Post town, Sherborne. Acres, 1,807. Real property, £2,557. Pop., 163. Houses, 35. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, not reported. Patron, R. Gordon, Esq. The church is good..
Lillington is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lillington itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lillington in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13687
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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