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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Margaret Marsh like this:
MARGARET-MARSH, a parish in Shaftesbury district, Dorset; 4 miles NE of Sturminster-Newton r. station, and 4 SW of Shaftesbury. Post town, Shaftesbury, under Salisbury. Acres, 525. Real property, with Hartgrove, £2,730. Pop., 71. Houses, 15. The living is a vicarage, annexed to the vicarage of Iwerne-Minster, in the diocese of Salisbury.
Margaret Marsh is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Margaret Marsh itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Margaret Marsh in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13701
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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