Sixpenny Handley, Dorset : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Sixpenny Handley. You may be able to find further references to Sixpenny Handley in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
HANDLEY a village and a parish Imperial
Handley (or Sixpenny Handley) parish Bartholomew
Sixpenny Handley hundred Bartholomew
SIXPENNY-HANDLEY a hundred Imperial

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Sixpenny Handley.

Place Type of entry Source
DEANLANE a village Imperial
Gussage hamlet Bartholomew
GUSSAGE a tything and a chapelry Imperial
MINCHINGTON a tything Imperial
Newton village Bartholomew
NEWTON a village Imperial
Newtown hamlet Bartholomew
Woodcutts hamlet Bartholomew
WOODCUTTS a tything Imperial

Travel writing

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Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Sixpenny Handley. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
HANDLEY John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
HANDLEY OR SIXPENNY HANDLEY John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
SIXPENNY HANDLEY John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

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