Gillingham, Dorset

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Gillingham is a town in Gillingham , Dorset

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Gillingham within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Gillingham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Gillingham.-- market town, liberty, par., and township with ry. sta., N. Dorset, on river Stour, 4 miles NW. of Shaftesbury -- liberty, 13,196 ac., pop. 5542; par., 8353 ac., pop. 4131; township, 7527 ac., pop. 3293; P.O., T.O.; 2 Banks. Market-day every alternate Monday.

Gillingham in the Domesday Book

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

Seven manors recorded in Domesday.

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