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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Winterborne Zelston like this:
WINTERBORNE-ZELSTONE, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; 3¼ miles WSW of Bailey-Gate r. station, and 6 S by E of Blandford. Post town, Blandford. Acres, 823. Real property, £1,311. Pop., 199. Houses, 42. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £258.* Patron, J. J. Farquharson, Esq. The church was rebuilt in 1866.
Winterborne Zelston is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Winterborne Zelston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Winterborne Zelston in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14014
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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