Horton, Dorset

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Horton is a hamlet in Dorset

Other current and historical names

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

Horton in historic gazetteers

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

Horton, par. and vil., NE. Dorset, 4½ miles SW. of Cranborne, 2740 ac., pop. 463; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Horton Park.

Horton in the Domesday Book

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

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