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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Buckland Ripers like this:
BUCKLAND-RIPERS, a parish in Weymouth district, Dorset; near the Weymouth railway, 3 miles NW by N of Melcombe-Regis. It includes part of Nottington hamlet; and its Post Town is Radipole, under Weymouth. Acres, 1,237. Rated property, £1,189. Pop., 113. Houses, 27. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £176. Patron, Q. H. Stroud, Esq. The church is good.
Buckland Ripers is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Buckland Ripers itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Buckland Ripers in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20101
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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