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entries mention "ALMER":
Place name County Entry Source ABBEYKNOCKMOY Galway Almeric de St. Lawrence, in which he obtained the victory; and was occupied by Cistertian monks from the abbey of Boyle Lewis:Ireland Almer Dorset Almer , par., mid. E. Dorset, on affl. of river Stour, 7½ miles N. of Wareham, 1161 ac., pop. 142; P.O. Bartholomew ALMER Dorset ALMER , a parish in Blandford district, Dorset; on an affluent of the Stour, 3½ miles S by W of Spettisbury Imperial Almer Combe Dorset Almer Combe , tithing, E. Dorset, near the above. Bartholomew ALMER-COMBE Dorset ALMER-COMBE , a tything in Sturminster-Marshall parish, Dorset; on the river Stour, 4 miles W of Wimborne-Minster. Imperial BLANDFORD Dorset Almer, Spetisbury, and Charlton-Marshall, and part of Bere-Regis. Acres of the district, 57,731. Poor-rates in 1866, £10,152. Pop. in 1861, 14,827. Houses Imperial Coombe Almer Dorset Coombe Almer , tithing, Sturminster Marshall par., Dorset, 4 miles W. of Wimborne Minster. Bartholomew COOMBE-ALMER Dorset COOMBE-ALMER , a tything in Sturminster-Marshall parish, Dorset; 4¼ miles W of Wimborne-Minster. Imperial GRENDON UNDERWOOD Buckinghamshire Almeric de St. Amand, a godfather of Edward I.; passed to the Pigotts; and belongs now to J. Jervoes, Esq. The living Imperial LOOSEBARROW Dorset Almer, Morden, and Spetisbury parishes. Acres of the Wareham part, 6,574. Pop. in 1851,1,018. Houses, 199. Acres Imperial MAPPERTON Dorset MAPPERTON , a hamlet in Almer parish, Dorset; 5½ miles S of Blandford-Forum. Pop., 76. Imperial STURMINSTER-MARSHALL Dorset Almer tything, and comprises 3,851 acres. Real property, £6,155. Pop., 850. Houses, 185. The property is divided Imperial
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