In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Anderson like this:
ANDERSON, or Anderstone-Winterbourne, a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; on an affluent of the river Stour, 7 miles S of Blandford, and 7 WNW of Poole Junction r. station. Post Town, Winterbourne Kingston under Blandford. Acres, 570. Real property, £1,149. Pop., 62. Houses, 12. The chief residence is Anderson House. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Salisbury. Value, £146. Patron, St. B. Tregonwell.
Anderson through time
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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Anderson in North Dorset | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13455
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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