Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Compton Abbas, or West Compton

Compton Abbas, or West Compton, par., W. Dorset, 7 miles NE. of Bridport, 846 ac., pop. 66.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Compton Abbas AP/CP       Dorset AncC
Place names: COMPTON ABBAS     |     COMPTON ABBAS OR WEST COMPTON     |     WEST COMPTON
Place: Compton Abbas

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