Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BEXINGTON

BEXINGTON, a hamlet in Abbotsbury parish, Dorset; 1½ mile W by S of Abbotsbury. It was anciently a distinct parish: and the ruin of its church still stands near the shore.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a hamlet"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Dorset AncC
Place: Bexington

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