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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Coombs Ditch like this:
COOMBS-DITCH, a hundred in Blandford and Wareham divisions, Dorset. It lies around Blandford: and contains nine parishes. Acres, 9, 886. Pop., 1, 438. Houses, 282.
Coombs Ditch is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Coombs Ditch itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Coombs Ditch in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21193
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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