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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Parley like this:
PARLEY (West), a parish in Wimborne district, Dorset; on the river Stour, contiguous to Hants, 5 miles E S E of Wimborne r. station. Post-town, Wimborne. Acres, 3, 407. Real property, £1, 914. Pop., 268. Houses, 81. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £195. Patron, Mrs. Mary Buller. The church is ancient; and there is an Independentchapel.
West Parley 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 Parley itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Parley in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13779
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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