Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LEWESTON

LEWESTON, an extra-parochial tract in Sherborne district, Dorset; 3¼ miles S of Sherborne. Acres, 540. Pop., 17. Houses, 3. Leweston House is the seat of R. Gordon, Esq.


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

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Feature Description: "an extra-parochial tract"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Sherborne RegD/PLU       Dorset AncC
Place: Leweston

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