Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Stower, West

Stower, West, par. and vil., Dorset - par., 1015 ac., pop. 165; the vil. is situated on the summit of Stower (or Stour) Hill, 1 mile W. of East Stower and 5½ miles W. of Shaftesbury.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: West Stour Ch/CP       Dorset AncC
Place names: STOWER     |     STOWER WEST     |     WEST STOWER
Place: West Stour

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