A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
FIFEHEAD-MAGDALEN, a parish in Sturminster district, Dorset; on the river Stour, 4½ miles NE of Stal-bridge r. station, and 6 W by S of Shaftesbury. Post town, West Stour, under Blandford. Acres, 976. Real property, with Marnhull and Thornton, £11, 390. Rated property of F. M. alone, £2, 020. Pop., 200. Houses, 39. The property is all in one estate. The manor belonged to St. Augustine's in Bristol; and passed to the bishops. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £250.* Patron, the Bishop of Salisbury, The church contains monuments of the Newmans, and is good.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Fifehead Magdalen AP/CP Sturminster RegD/PLU Dorset AncC |
| Place: | Fifehead Magdalen |
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