Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TURNWORTH

TURNWORTH, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; 4½ miles WNW of Blandford r. station. It has a Post office under Blandford. Acres, 1,560. Real property, £1,133. Pop., 150. Houses, 22. The manor belongs to W. P. Okeden, Esq. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £160. Patron, the Bishop of S. The church was recently restored.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Turnworth AP/CP       Blandford RegD/PLU       Dorset AncC
Place: Turnworth

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