Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Abbotsbury within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Abbotsbury, par. and fishing vil., SW. Dorset, 9 miles SW. of Dorchester, 5616 ac., pop. 979; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Thursday. It has remains of abbey (1044). A. Castle, seat of the Earl of Ilchester, is in the vicinity.
A village in Uggescombe hundred, in the county of Dorset.