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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described New Town like this:
NEWTON, a village in Handley parish, Dorset; 6½ miles N W of Cranborne.
New Town is now part of DORSET Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how DORSET has changed over two centuries. For statistics about New Town itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of New Town in Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26405
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
Click here for more detailed advice on finding places within A Vision of Britain through Time, and maybe some references to other places called "New Town".
