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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Turners Puddle like this:
TURNERS-PUDDLE, a parish in Wareham district, Dorset; 4¾ miles NNW of Wool r. station, and 7¼ NW by W of Wareham. Post town, Dorchester. Acres, 1,983. Real property, £656. Pop., 111. Houses, 19. The manor belongs to J. Frampton, Esq. The living is a rectory, united with Affpuddle, in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £210 Patron, H. Frampton, Esq. The church is tolerable.
Turners Puddle is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Turners Puddle itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Turners Puddle in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13991
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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