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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Watercombe like this:
WATERCOMBE, an extra-parochial tract in Weymouth district, Dorset; 5½ miles SE of Dorchester. Pop., 37. Houses, 7.
Watercombe is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Watercombe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Watercombe in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13998
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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