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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Turnworth like this:
TURNWORTH, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; 4½ miles WNW of Blandford r. station. It has a Post office under Blandford. Acres, 1,560. Real property, £1,133. Pop., 150. Houses, 22. The manor belongs to W. P. Okeden, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £160. Patron, the Bishop of S. The church was recently restored.
Turnworth is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Turnworth itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Turnworth in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13992
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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