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CRITCHELL (Long), a parish in Wimborne district, Dorset; on the Roman road from Old Sarum, 6 miles WSW of Cranborne, and 6½ NNE of Spettisbury r. station. It has a post office under Salisbury. Acres, 1,869. Real property, 1, 244. Pop., 145. Houses, 26. The property forms two manors, Critchell-Gonis on the west, and Critchell-Lucy on the east. The living is a rectory, annexed to the rectory of Critchell-Moore, in the diocese of Salisbury.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Long Crichel AP/CP Wimborne and Cranborne RegD/PLU Dorset AncC |
Place names: | CRITCHELL | CRITCHELL LONG | LONG CRITCHELL |
Place: | Long Crichel |
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