Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Compton Abbas

Compton Abbas.-- par., N. Dorset, 2¾ miles SE. of Shaftesbury, 1516 ac., pop. 402; P.O.


(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: Compton Abbas

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