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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Stour like this:
STOWER (West), a parish in Shaftesbury district, Dorset; 2¼ miles SW of Gillingham r. station. Post town, Gillingham, under Bath. Acres, 1,015. Rated property, £1,750. Pop., 215. Houses, 43. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to Gillingham. The church is good.
West Stour 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 Stour itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Stour in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13940
Date accessed: 10th April 2026
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