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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Blackdown like this:
BLACKDOWN, a village in Broadwinsor parish, Dorset; 5½ miles WNW of Beaminster. It forms a curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Broadwinsor.
Blackdown is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Blackdown itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Blackdown in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26338
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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