Moreton, Dorset

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Moreton is a hamlet in Dorset

Other current and historical names

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

Moreton in historic gazetteers

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

Moreton, par. and vil. with ry. sta., Dorset, on river Frome, 7 miles E. of Dorchester, 2311 ac., pop. 309; P.O.; near vil. is Moreton House, seat.

Moreton in the Domesday Book

A village in Winfrith [Newburgh] hundred, in the county of Dorset.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

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