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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Eggerton like this:
EGGERTON, a hundred in Bridport and Dorchester divisions, Dorset. It contains Askerswell parish, four other parishes, and part of another. Acres, 6, 967. Pop., 1, 142. Houses, 217.
Eggerton is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Eggerton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Eggerton in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20747
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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