In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Plush like this:

PLUSH, a tything in Buckland-Newton parish, Dorset; 3¼ miles E S E of CerneAbbas. Real property, £2,026. Pop., 164. There is a church; and the tything ranks as a chapelry, annexed to the vicarage of Buckland-Newton.

Plush through time

Plush is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Plush itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Plush in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24650

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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