Winterborne St Martin, Dorset : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Winterborne St Martin. You may be able to find further references to Winterborne St Martin in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
MARTINSTOWN a village Imperial
Winterborne St Martin parish Bartholomew
WINTERBOURNE-ST. MARTIN a parish, with Martinstown village and Ashton tything Imperial

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Winterborne Monkton 0 2
Winterborne Steepleton 0 2
Wabyhouse 0 2
Bradford Peverell 0 2
Portesham 0 3
Upwey 0 3
George 0 2
Winterborne Herringston 0 2
Winterbourne Abbas 0 2
Dorchester 22 2
Bincombe 0 2
Littlebredy 0 3
Culliford Tree 0 2
Buckland Ripers 0 2
West Fordington 0 1
Winterborne Faringdon 0 1
Broadway 0 2
Winterborne Came 0 2
Nottington 0 2
Frampton 1 3

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Winterborne St Martin. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
MARTINSTOWN John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
WINTERBORNE ST MARTIN John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
WINTERBOURNE ST MARTIN John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

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