In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bexington like this:

BEXINGTON, a hamlet in Abbotsbury parish, Dorset; 1½ mile W by S of Abbotsbury. It was anciently a distinct parish: and the ruin of its church still stands near the shore.

Bexington through time

Bexington is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bexington itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bexington in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20184

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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