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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sutton Poyntz like this:
SUTTON-POYNTZ, a tything in Preston parish, and a liberty in Dorchester and Sherborne divisions, Dorset. The tything lies 4¼ miles SSE of Dorchester, and has a ruined chapel. The liberty contains two parishes and a part. Acres, 3,371. Pop. in 1851, 754. Houses, 170.
Sutton Poyntz is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Sutton Poyntz itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Sutton Poyntz in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21104
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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