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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bingham Melcombe like this:
BINGHAM-MELCOMBE, the seat of the Bingham family in Dorset; on an affluent of the Piddle river, 9 miles NE of Dorchester. It was the birthplace of Sir Richard Bingham, who fought at the siege of St. Quintin, and has a monument in Westminster Abbey.
Bingham Melcombe is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bingham Melcombe itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bingham Melcombe in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26010
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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