Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for UGGSCOMBE

UGGSCOMBE, a hundred in the SW of Dorset; containing 14 parishes, and forming parts of Bridport and Dorchester divisions. Acres, 9,491, and 24,432. Pop. in 1851, 1,875 and 3,998. Houses, 372 and 782.


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

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Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Dorset AncC
Place: Uggscombe

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