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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whitcombe like this:
WHITCOMBE, a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset; 2 miles SE of Dorchester r. station. Post town, Dorchester. Acres, 540. Real property, £800. Pop., 71. Houses, 12. The living is a donative in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £13. Patron, Capt. L. D. Damer. The church is good.
Whitcombe is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whitcombe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitcombe in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13999
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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