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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Stanton St Gabriel like this:
STANTON-ST. GABRIEL, a parish in Bridport district, Dorset; on the coast, 4 miles W by S of Bridport r. station. Post town, Bridport. Acres, 1,242; of which 190 are water. Rated property, £855. Pop., 75. Houses, 15. The living is a p. curacy annexed to Whitchurch-Canonicorum. The church was built in 1841.
Stanton St Gabriel is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Stanton St Gabriel itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Stanton St Gabriel in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13891
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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