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A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described West Compton like this:
COMPTON-ABBAS (West), a parish in Dorchester district, Dorset; 3½ miles SW of Maiden-Newton r. station, and 7 ENE of Bridport. Post town, Compton-Vallence, under Dorchester. Acres, 846. Real property, £1, 122. Pop., 117. Houses, 19. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to Milton Abbey. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £150. Patron, R. Williams, Esq.
This is the only descriptive gazetter entry we have found, but you may be able to find further references to West Compton by doing a full-text search here.
Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.
This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:
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| Eggerton | 0 | 2 |
| Higher Eggerton | 0 | 2 |
| Wynford Eagle | 0 | 3 |
| Askerswell | 0 | 2 |
| Compton Valence | 0 | 2 |
| Toller Fratrum | 0 | 2 |
| Toller Porcorum | 0 | 2 |
| Litton Cheney | 0 | 2 |
| Witherstone | 0 | 1 |
| Long Bredy | 0 | 3 |
| Kingston Russell | 0 | 2 |
| Powerstock | 0 | 3 |
| Chilcombe | 0 | 3 |
| Frome Vauchurch | 0 | 2 |
| Maiden Newton | 1 | 2 |
| Chilfrome | 0 | 2 |
| Winterbourne Abbas | 0 | 2 |
| Uggscombe | 0 | 2 |
| North Poorton | 0 | 2 |
| Frampton | 1 | 3 |