Radipole, Dorset

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Radipole like this:

RADIPOLE, a village and a parish in Weymouth district, Dorset. The village stands on the river Wey, at theinlet to Weymouth harbour, 2 miles N N W of Weymouth r. station; is embowered in trees; and has a post-office under Weymouth, and a sulphurous mineral spring and bathing establishment. The parish is partly within Weymouth borough; and comprises 1, 308 acres of land and 30 of water. ...

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Real property, £4, 996. Pop., 691. Houses, 127. Pop. of the W. borough portion, 401. Houses, 76. The manor belonged to Cerne abbey. Villas and other houses were recently built on the road leading to Weymouth; and Nottington House, Corfe Hill, and others are chief residences. A pretty walk goes along the shore toward Weymouth. The living is a rector ., annexed to the rectory of Melcombe-Regis, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church has recently been restored. The churchyard contains the graves of 80 persons, drowned in the wreck of the " Abergavenny, " off Portland, in 1805. There are chapels for Independents and Roman Catholics.

Radipole through time

Radipole is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Radipole itself, go to Statistics.

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