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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Winterborne Faringdon like this:
WINTERBORNE-FARINGDON, a quondam parish, now extra-parochial, in Dorchester district, Dorset; 2 miles SSE of Dorchester r. station. Post town, Dorchester. Pop., 52. The living still ranks as a rectory, annexed to W.-Came.
Winterborne Faringdon is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Winterborne Faringdon itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Winterborne Faringdon in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21208
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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