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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Witchampton like this:
WITCHAMPTON, a parish and a sub-district in Wimborne district, Dorset. The parish lies 5 miles NNW of Wimborne r. station, and has a post-office under Wimborne. Acres, 148. Real property, £2,548. Pop, 588. Houses, 124. Several cottages for work-people were recently built on the manorial estate. ...
An old abbey cell was here, and has left some remains. There is a paper-mill. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £258.* Patron, H.Sturt, Esq. The church is decorated English. There are a Wesleyan chapel and four alms houses.—The sub-district contains 6 parishes and a part. Acres, 13,153. Pop., 4,196. Houses, 934.
Witchampton is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Witchampton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Witchampton in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14016
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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