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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Milton like this:
MILTON (WEST), a chapelry in Poorstock parish, Dorset; on the river Asker, 1½ mile W by N of Poorstock r. station, and 3½ NE by N of Bridport. Posttown, Poorstock, under Bridport. Rated property, about £1,000. Pop., 244. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Poorstock, in the diocese of Salisbury. The church is ancient.
West Milton is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about West Milton itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of West Milton in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25413
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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