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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Netherbury like this:
NETHERBURY, a tything, a parish, and a sub-district, in Beaminster district, Dorset. The tything lieson the river Brit, 1½ mile S S W of Beaminster, and 4¼ N W of Poorstock r. station; and has a post-office under Brid port. The parish contains also the tythings of Ashe, Bowood, and Melplash, and part of the hamlet of Loscombe. ...
Acres, 6, 225. Real property, £15, 245. Pop. in 1851, 2,066; in 1861, 1,875. Houses, 419. The decrease of pop. was caused mainly by a decline in theflax and hemp trade. The property is much subdivided. The manor-house, formerly the seat of the More family, is now a farm-house. Strode House and Parnham Houseare chief residences. The land is very fertile; and iswatered by numerous streamlets, traversing wooded ravines. A considerable area is occupied by cider orchards. Limestone, very rich in fossils, is quarried. Two flaxmills were long in operation; and there is an iron foundry. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Ashe, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £400.* Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury. The church is later English, in good condition, with a tower; and the chancelwas recently restored, and contains a monument to one of the More family. The p. curacy of Melplash is a separate benefice. There was formerly a chapel of ease at Mangerton. There are several dissenting chapels, amixed national school, a grammar-school with £140 a year from endowment, and charities £64.—The sub-district contains also six other parishes. Acres, 20, 366. Pop., 4, 971. Houses, 1,051.
Netherbury is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Netherbury itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Netherbury in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13753
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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