Abbotsbury, Dorset

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Abbotsbury is a village in Dorset

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.

Abbotsbury in historic gazetteers

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.

Abbotsbury in the Domesday Book

A village in Uggescombe hundred, in the county of Dorset.

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