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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wraxall like this:
WRAXALL, a parish in Beaminster district, Dorset; 2½ miles NW of Maiden-Newton r. station. Post town, Maiden-Newton, under Dorchester. Acres, 952. Rated property, £998. Pop., 83. Houses, 15. The living is a rectory, annexed to Rampisham. The church is good.
Wraxall is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wraxall itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Wraxall in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14040
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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