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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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Sturminster Newton, market town and par. with ry. sta., Dorset, in N. of co., on river Stour, 9 miles NW. of Blandford, 4229 ac., pop. 1859; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Thursday. Sturminster Newton stands on a gentle slope which declines to the Stour, and is a market town of great antiquity. The mfr. of white baize is the principal industry. In the neighbourhood is a mound, encircled with a fosse, marking the site of the ancient castle.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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| Feature Description: | "market town and parish with railway station" (ADL Feature Type: "cities") |
| Administrative units: | Sturminster Newton AP/CP Dorset AncC |
| Place: | Sturminster Newton |
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