Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Studland

Studland, par. and vil., Isle of Purbeck, Dorset - par., 4804 ac. land and 3010 water, pop. 607; vil., at S. extremity of Studland Bay, 5 miles E. of Corfe Castle; the bay is on the E. side of Isle of Purbeck, between Poole Harbour and Swanage Bay, is 2½ miles wide, and penetrates 1 mile; near the vil. is Studland House, seat.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

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Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Studland AP/CP       Dorset AncC
Place: Studland

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