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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Melplash like this:
MELPLASH, a tything in Netherbury parish, and a chapelry partly also in Poorstock parish, Dorset. The tything lies 2¼ miles SSE of Beaminster, and 2¼ NW of Poorstock r. station; and has a post office under Bridport. The chapelry was constituted in 1847. Pop. of the Netherbury portion, 422; of the Poorstock portion, 42. Houses, 89 and 10. The living is a Vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £300.* Patron, the Bishop, of Salisbury. There is also a good parochial school-house.
Melplash is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Melplash itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Melplash in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24380
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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