Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Whitchurch Canonicorum

Whitchurch Canonicorum, par. and vil., Dorset, in W. of co.- par., 6113 ac., pop. 1053; vil., 5 miles NW. of Bridport; P.O.; is an ancient place, and was formerly a market town.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Whitechurch Canonicorum CP/AP       Dorset AncC
Place: Whitechurch Canonicorum

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